Biology, Medicine, etc. Of physical and mental characteristics, diseases, instincts, etc.: that are or may be passed naturally from parents to…

= hereditary, adj. (in various senses).

= hereditary, adj. 1a.

Naturally transmissible or transmitted from parent to offspring; hereditary.

Of a disease, physical characteristic, etc.: hereditary; = heritable, adj. 2.

Of an attribute or condition: In or into which one was born; inherited, hereditary. rare.

Capable of being inherited. figurative. That may be naturally transmitted from parents or ancestry to offspring: = heritable, adj. 2.

Designating structures, cells, or material involved in the reproduction or development of organisms, esp. parts of an embryo in its earliest stages…

= germinal, adj. 5.

Inherited; hereditary. rare. disused.

Behaving in accordance with Mendelian principles.