heritable

/ˈhɛrədəbəl/

Other forms: heritably

Definitions of heritable

1. adjective

   capable of being inherited
   synonyms: inheritable

   ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible

   inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

   familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmissible, transmitted

   occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

   monogenic

   of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by a single pair of genes

   polygenic

   of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes

   inheriting

   having the legal right to inherit

   nee

   (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman