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inheritable

adjective

in·​her·​it·​able in-ˈher-ə-tə-bəl How to pronounce inheritable (audio)
-ˈhe-rə-
1
: capable of being inherited : transmissible
an inheritable title
2
: capable of taking by inheritance
the eldest son is inheritable to the crown
inheritability noun
inheritableness noun

Example Sentences

eye color is an inheritable trait
Recent Examples on the Web Like Rafal Smigrodzki, Hsu is confident that public disapproval will ease, and that one day soon embryonic selection against inheritable diseases will be considered the norm. Wired, 6 July 2022 In those days, before the scientific understanding of genetics and mutations, biologists could only try to imagine how small, inheritable changes to an organism could impact its reproduction. Quanta Magazine, 11 Jan. 2022 For Whittington, some Designer Babies might have been engineered to avoid inheritable disease or as a prophylactic to future illnesses, like HIV or cancer. Cathy Hackl, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021 Yet bioethicists point out that inheritable-gene editing raises large questions, given the dire consequences of an error, as well as the ethical questions that arise at the prospect of erasing disability from human existence. Katie Hafner, Star Tribune, 30 July 2020 The clustering of behaviors by breed suggests a genetic, and thus inheritable, component to anxiety, as is the case in humans, Lohi tells Science. Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2020 And that this kind of treatment was designed to be inheritable, and presumably perpetual in nature. Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 19 June 2020 Though an Australian study released last year found inbreeding may put thoroughbreds at greater risk of inheritable health problems, at least two Ph. Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 26 Dec. 2019 Poverty, unfortunately, is an inheritable condition. The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English enheritable, inheritable "having right of inheritance, capable of being inherited," borrowed from Anglo-French enheritable, from enheriter "to give (a person) right of inheritance, inherit" + -able -able

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of inheritable was in the 15th century

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