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"my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"nounany attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
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nounthat which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
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nounhereditary succession to a title or an office or property
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noun(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
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Definition that contains inheritance
- fall to be given by right or inheritance
- heirloom (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance
- endowed provided or supplied or equipped with (especially as by inheritance or nature)
- birthright an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
- entail limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs
- drosophila small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
- patrimony an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
- myotonic muscular dystrophy a severe form of muscular dystrophy marked by generalized weakness and muscular wasting that affects the face and feet and hands and neck; difficult speech and difficulty with the hands that spreads to the arms and shoulders and legs and hips; the onset can be any time from birth to middle age and the progression is slow; inheritance is autosomal dominant
- hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs; progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span; inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant
- distal muscular dystrophy a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in between 40 and 60 years of age and is characterized by weakness and wasting of the muscles of the hands and forearms and lower legs; inheritance is autosomal dominant