English-Portuguese translations for hereditary
- hereditárioPor exemplo, a predisposição para os diabetes da idade adulta, chamado do tipo II, é fortemente hereditário, bem como a predisposição para muitas outras doenças.For example a predisposition to adult (II type) diabetes is highly hereditary as is a predisposition to many other diseases. O génio genético não está na manipulação de embriões: há que distinguir maquinaria celular da transmissão dos caracteres hereditários. Genetic engineering is not about the manipulation of embryos: it is important to distinguish between the cellular machinery and the passing on of hereditary traits. A radiação pode ter também efeitos retardados, como os verificados, em especial, após os bombardeamentos atómicos de Hiroxima e Nagasaki, sob a forma de cancro ou danos hereditários. Radiation can also have delayed effects, as determined in particular after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in the form of cancers or hereditary damage.
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.
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