heredity

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n. 遗传, 形质遗传 [医] 遗传

发音

UK /hɪˈɹɛdɪti/
US /həˈɹɛdəti/
IN /ˈhɛrəɖɪʈi/

词形变化

heredities 复数 heredities

教材释义与例句

名词

遗传，遗传性

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.

    遗传

    不可数

    laws of heredity

    genetics and heredity

    influence of heredity

    Eye color is often determined by heredity.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

property

下位词 1

inheritance

词源

From Middle French heredité, from Latin hērēditas (“condition of being an heir”), from hēres (“heir”).

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