inheritable
adjective
in·her·it·able in-ˈher-ə-tə-bəl 
-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
in-ˌher-ə-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē
noun -ˌhe-rə-
inheritableness
in-ˈher-ə-tə-bəl-nəs
noun -ˈhe-rə-
Synonyms
- genetic
- genetical
- hereditary
- heritable
- inborn
- inherited
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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
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
Medical Definition
inheritable
adjective
in·her·it·able in-ˈher-ət-ə-bəl
: capable of being transmitted from parent to offspring genetically
Legal Definition
inheritable
adjective
in·her·it·able in-ˈher-i-tə-bəl
1
: capable of being inherited
2
: capable of taking by inheritance
inheritable
adjective
as in genetic
genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring eye color is an inheritable trait Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- genetic
- inherited
- hereditary
- heritable
- inherent
- genetical
- inborn
- congenital
- innate
- inbred
- native
- natural
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nonhereditary
- acquired