hereditation Biol.
(hɪrɛdɪˈteɪʃən)
[n. of action f. late L. hērēditāre to inherit (in Vulgate), in med.L. also to invest with an inheritance: cf. 15th c. F. (h)éréditation succession, inheritance.]
The action or operation of heredity.
| 1883 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sc. Jan. 74 Hereditation as a cause may exist oftener than appears. 1885 P. Brooks Myst. Iniq., etc. v. 87 It has its own despair already in itself, this hopeless struggle with hereditation, which..is..so literally a wrestling against flesh and blood. 1896 Expositor Dec. 416 We preserve hereditary good: we originate good hereditations. |