English-German translations for hereditary

• Erb-
• erblich
  Das trifft ganz besonders auf seltene erbliche genetische Erkrankungen zu. This is particular true of rare genetic diseases that are hereditary.
  Zum Beispiel ist die Veranlagung zu Altersdiabetes bzw. Diabetes des Typs II stark erblich, wie auch die Veranlagung zu vielen anderen Krankheiten. For example a predisposition to adult (II type) diabetes is highly hereditary as is a predisposition to many other diseases.
  Alles trägt zum Ausbruch der Krankheit bei, wenn gleichzeitig erbliche Vorbelastungen bestehen. It all combines to cause an outbreak of the illness when these conditions encounter an hereditary predisposition to the illness.
• hereditär

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