Found 2 items, similar to heredity.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: heredity heredity n 1: the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next 2: the total of inherited attributes [syn: genetic endowment]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Heredity Heredity \He*red"i*ty\, n. [L. hereditas heirship.] (Biol.) Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis. [1913 Webster]