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INHERITABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inheritable mean? 

INHERITABLE (adjective)
  The adjective INHERITABLE has 1 sense:

1. capable of being inheritedplay

  Familiarity information: INHERITABLE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INHERITABLE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being inherited

Synonyms:

heritable; inheritable

Context example:

an inheritable title

Similar:

ancestral; hereditary; patrimonial; transmissible (inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent)

familial; genetic; hereditary; inherited; transmissible; transmitted (occurring among members of a family usually by heredity)

monogenic (of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by a single pair of genes)

polygenic (of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes)

inheriting (having the legal right to inherit)

nee ((meaning literally 'born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman)

Antonym:

noninheritable (not inheritable)


 Context examples 


An individual who carries an inheritable genetic mutation without manifestation of the associated condition.

(Genetic Carrier, NCI Thesaurus)

Gaucher disease is an inheritable metabolic disorder caused by a malfunctioning enzyme, called glucocerebrosidase, that’s needed to break down, or metabolize, a specific fatty material.

(Molecule may impact Gaucher, Parkinson’s disease, NIH)



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