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INHERITED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
Example:
genetically transmitted features
Synonyms:
familial; genetic; hereditary; inherited; transmissible; transmitted
Classified under:
Similar:
heritable; inheritable (capable of being inherited)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb inherit
Context examples:
Mutation of the ATM gene causes the disease ataxia telangiectasia which involves an inherited predisposition to some cancers.
(ATM Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Ataxia-telangiectasia (AT) is a rare, inherited disease.
(Ataxia Telangiectasia, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
An inherited disorder that manifests when one copy of a mutated gene is present.
(Autosomal Dominant Inherited Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
An inherited disorder manifested only when two copies of a mutated gene are present.
(Autosomal Recessive Inherited Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
Polycystic kidney disease inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern.
(Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
In contrast, several different sets of DNA segments inherited from Denisovans were identified in people from Oceania and East Asia, suggesting at least two distinct mixing events.
(Global human genome study reveals our complex evolutionary history, University of Cambridge)
From his St. Bernard father he had inherited size and weight, but it was his shepherd mother who had given shape to that size and weight.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
It can also be an inherited condition.
(Methemoglobinemia, NCI Dictionary)
The occurrence of multiple and independent glioblastomas that are unrelated to inherited neoplastic syndromes.
(Multifocal Glioblastomas, NCI Thesaurus)
An autosomal recessive inherited disorder caused by mutations in the TRIM37 gene.
(Mulibrey Nanism, NCI Thesaurus)
