Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate. / Of a title, honor or right: legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.

A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.

(rare) The property of being hereditary.

plural of hereditary

The branch of mechanics dealing with the effects of stress and strain on physical bodies over time.

An inherited blood disorder in which, through a membrane defect, an abnormally large number of erythrocytes are elliptical, potentially leading to haemolytic anaemia.

A form of osteodystrophy, classified as the phenotype of pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1A.

(medicine) A rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder that leads to abnormal blood vessel formation.