Italian-English translations for discendenza

• line
  And finally, no experiment should affect the genetic line, with altered characteristics being passed on to later generations. Nessuna sperimentazione, infine, deve intaccare la linea germinale, con trasmissione di caratteri modificati alla discendenza.
  The arrow descended in a curved line
  a brake line
• lineage
• strain
  There is a strain of madness in her family.
  They say this years flu virus is a particularly virulent strain.
  to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship

Related words

• condiscendenza
• accondiscendenza
• linea di discendenza
• con tono di condiscendenza