heredity
[hi'rediti]
n. 遗传, 形质遗传

[医] 遗传



heredity
[ noun ]

1. the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next

<noun.process>

2. the total of inherited attributes

<noun.attribute>

Heredity \He*red"i*ty\, n. [L. hereditas heirship.] (Biol.)
Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical
qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law
by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics
in their descendants. See {Pangenesis}.