hereditary vs transmissible what difference
what is difference between hereditary and transmissible
English
Etymology
From Latin hereditarius, from hereditas ‘inheritance’, from heres ‘heir’
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /həˈɹɛdɪt(ə)ɹi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /həˈɹɛdɪˌtɛɹi/
- Hyphenation: he‧red‧i‧ta‧ry
Adjective
hereditary (comparative more hereditary, superlative most hereditary)
- Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
- Of a title, honor or right: legally granted to somebody’s descendant after that person’s death.
- Duke is a hereditary title which was created in Norman times.
- Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
- hereditary rulers
- Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes
- Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.
- (mathematics) Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.
Synonyms
- inhereditary
Antonyms
- nonhereditary
Derived terms
Related terms
- see heir
Translations
Noun
hereditary (plural hereditaries)
- A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.
See also
- congenital
Anagrams
- erythraeid
English
Adjective
transmissible (comparative more transmissible, superlative most transmissible)
- Able to be transmitted.
- (medicine) Capable of being transmitted from one person to another; contagious.
Related terms
- transmittable
Derived terms
Translations
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
transmissible (plural transmissibles)
- transmissible, transmittable
Derived terms
- maladie sexuellement transmissible
Further reading
- “transmissible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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