heritable

American  

[her-i-tuh-buhl] / ˈhɛr ɪ tə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.

2. capable of inheriting.

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heritable British  

/ ˈhɛrɪtəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being inherited; inheritable

2. law capable of inheriting

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heritable Scientific  

/ hĕr′ĭ-tə-bəl /

1. Capable of being passed from one generation to the next through the genes.

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Other Word Forms

• heritability noun
• heritably adverb
• nonheritability noun
• nonheritable adjective
• nonheritably adverb
• unheritable adjective

Etymology

Origin of heritable

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Middle French, equivalent to herit(er) “to inherit” + -able ( -able ); heir, heredity

Compare meaning

How does heritable compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• heritable vs. inheritable

Example Sentences

"We hope this new technique of visualizing synaptic membrane dynamics in live brain tissue samples can help us understand similarities and differences in nonheritable and heritable forms of the condition," Watanabe says.

From Science Daily

But Mr. Zipperstein builds a biography that shuttles us back to the fiction, heritable or not, where the man hid in plain sight.

From The Wall Street Journal

Could disease be the product of heritable genetic variation?

From Salon

In fact, molecular biologists believe that neurodivergent conditions arise due to a combination of heritable and environmental factors.

From Salon

Prenatal genome editing sits within the broader spectrum of human genome editing, which ranges from germline, where the changes are heritable, to somatic cell, where the patient’s descendants won’t inherit the changes.

From Salon

Related Words

• genetic
• inborn
• transmitted