heredity

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French heredité, from Latin hērēditas (“condition of being an heir”), from hēres (“heir”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /hɪˈɹɛdɪti/ (US) IPA(key): /həˈɹɛdəti/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈhɛrəɖɪʈi/ === Noun === heredity (usually uncountable, plural heredities) Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. ==== Related terms ==== hereditary ==== Translations ==== === See also === pangenesis === Anagrams === third eye