hereditary -
adj. 1 (of disease, instinct, etc.) able to be passed down from one generation to another.
2 a descending by inheritance. b holding a position by inheritance.
3 the same as or resembling
what one's parents had (a
hereditary hatred).
4 of or relating to inheritance.
hereditarily adv. hereditariness n. [L hereditarius (as HEREDITY)]