inheritable
/ɪnˈhɛrɪtəbəl/
adjective
- Capable of being passed from a parent to a child through genes.
- Eye color is an inheritable trait.
- Scientists are researching which cancers are inheritable.
- Some diseases are inheritable, while others are caused by lifestyle.
- Capable of being passed on as property or a right after death.
- The land is inheritable and will go to the eldest child.
- The family fortune is inheritable by all descendants equally.
- Under this law, only certain titles are inheritable.
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