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Definition of: inheritable
(in·her′ə·tə·bəl) adjective
1. Transmissible by descent; descendible to an heir by mere operation of law.
2. Capacitated or qualified to take by inheritance: having inheritable blood.
3. That may be transmitted by ancestors; heritable. [<AF enheritable]
—in·her′it·a·bil′i·ty, in·her′it·a·ble·ness noun
—in·her′it·a·bly adverb
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