English-Thai Dictionary

heredity

N การ ถ่ายทอด ทาง พันธุกรรม  atavism inheritance kan-tai-thod-tang-pan-tu-kam

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HEREDITY

He *red "i *ty, n. Etym: [L. hereditas heirship. ] (Biol.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

heredity

he red i ty |həˈreditē həˈrɛdədi | ▶noun 1 the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another: few scientists dispute that heredity can create a susceptibility to alcoholism. • a person's ancestry: he wears a Cossack tunic to emphasize his Russian heredity. 2 inheritance of title, office, or right: membership is largely based on heredity. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French hérédité, from Latin hereditas ‘heirship, ’ from heres, hered- ‘heir. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

heredity

heredity |hɪˈrɛdɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another. • a person's ancestry: he wears a Cossack tunic to emphasize his Russian heredity. 2 the inheritance of a title, office, or right: a second chamber whose membership is largely based on heredity. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French hérédité, from Latin hereditas ‘heirship ’, from heres, hered- ‘heir ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

heredity

heredity noun heredity is a major factor in the diagnosis of many conditions: congenital traits, genetic makeup, genes; ancestry, descent, extraction, parentage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

heredity

heredity noun the relative influence of heredity and environment: congenital characteristics, congenital traits, genetics, genetic make-up, genes; ancestry, descent, extraction, parentage.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

heredity

he red i ty /hərédəti /名詞 U 遺伝 .