GENETIC ENDOWMENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The total of inherited attributes

Synonyms:

genetic endowment; heredity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("genetic endowment" is a kind of...):

property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "genetic endowment"):

hereditary pattern; inheritance ((genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents)

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