English-Dutch translations for hereditary

• erfelijk
  Veel zeldzame ziekten zijn erfelijk. Many rare diseases are hereditary.
  Dit is zeker van toepassing op zeldzame erfelijke genetische ziekten. This is particular true of rare genetic diseases that are hereditary.
  Deze erfelijke ziektes worden in veel gevallen veroorzaakt door zogeheten genetische afwijkingen. Such hereditary diseases are frequently the result of 'genetic defects'.
• erf-
• hereditair

Definition of hereditary

• Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate
• Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank
• Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes
• Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective
• A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords

Examples

• Duke is a hereditary title which was created in Norman times.
• hereditary rulers
• Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.

Related words

• hereditary elliptocytosis
• hereditary disease
• hereditary debt
• hereditary factor