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HEREDITARY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
Example:
transmissible tradition
Synonyms:
ancestral; hereditary; patrimonial; transmissible
Classified under:
Similar:
heritable; inheritable (capable of being inherited)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
Example:
genetically transmitted features
Synonyms:
familial; genetic; hereditary; inherited; transmissible; transmitted
Classified under:
Similar:
heritable; inheritable (capable of being inherited)
Derivation:
heredity (the total of inherited attributes)
heredity (the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next)
Context examples:
It is considered a precursor of hereditary medullary thyroid gland carcinoma, and it is associated with mutations of the RET gene.
(Neoplastic C-Cell Hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
Mutation of the gene is associated with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 5.
(NGF wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in DNA mismatch repair mutations in the gene result in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer-1.
(MSH2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in DNA mismatch repair and is associated with hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer.
(MLH3 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Mutation of the gene is associated with combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 17 and susceptibility to hereditary prostate cancer 2.
(ELAC2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Further, the defects in MLH1 are a cause of hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer.
(MLH1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
A hereditary immunodeficiency disorder caused by the absence of major histocompatibility complex class II expression.
(Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Disorders of the choroid including hereditary choroidal diseases, neoplasms, and other abnormalities of the vascular layer of the uvea.
(Choroid Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Some risk factors for developing pancreatic cancer include: • Smoking • Long-term diabetes • Chronic pancreatitis • Certain hereditary disorders
(Pancreatic Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
For example, breast cancer in a hereditary breast/ovarian cancer syndrome family member who does not carry the family's BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation would be considered a phenocopy.
(Phenocopy, NCI Dictionary)
