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Heritor


Definition:

  • (n.) A proprietor or landholder in a parish.

Example Sentences:

Inherit


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.
  • (v. t.) To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc.
  • (v. t.) To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.
  • (v. t.) To put in possession of.
  • (v. i.) To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Alleles in this region can be exchanged between X and Y chromosomes and are therefore inherited as if autosomal.
  • (2) Seven males have been observed carrying both inherited tritan and red-green defects.
  • (3) Pedigree studies have suggested that there may be an inherited predisposition to many apparently nonfamilial colorectal cancers and a genetic model of tumorigenesis in common colorectal cancer has been proposed that includes the activation of dominantly acting oncogenes and the inactivation of growth suppressor genes.
  • (4) In neither case has a significant elevation in inherited genetic effects or cancer been detected in the offspring of exposed individuals.
  • (5) When power-transformed scores are used to eliminate skewness, there is evidence for one distribution and it is not possible to distinguish single gene from multifactorial (polygenic or cultural) inheritance.
  • (6) Asymptomatic relatives that have inherited the disease probably can be detected with this method.
  • (7) This recently reported inherited syndrome should be recognized by pathologists because of major risk of cardiac myxoma.
  • (8) This situation highlights the potential importance of molecules with different inheritance patterns in elucidating complex cases of reticulate evolution.
  • (9) Approximately 20 inherited disorders of kidney transport occurring in man have so far been defined.
  • (10) Neurospora crassa mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid shows strict uniparental inheritance in sexual crosses, with a notable absence of mixtures and recombinant types that appear frequently in heteroplasmons.
  • (11) The overall results indicate an inherited impairment of 3-HSD activity confined only to C-21 steroid substrates and, thus, suggest the existence of at least two 3-HSD isoenzymes under independent genetic regulation.
  • (12) About one out of three profoundly deaf children has an autosomal recessive form of inherited deafness.
  • (13) In considering nutrition and circadian rhythms, time-of-eating behavior is an inherited, genetically controlled pattern that can be phase-shifted by conditioning or training.
  • (14) Given the financial crisis this government inherited, we had no choice but to make significant savings.
  • (15) The pupils at the Royal Blind School, Edinburgh, were surveyed and it was found that 40% of the 100 pupils had definitely inherited severe eye disease.
  • (16) However, as the males have not reproduced, it is not possible to rule out X-linked dominant inheritance.
  • (17) However, family members born at 50% risk can find out if they have inherited the mutant gene only if family analyses are possible.
  • (18) Proposed models for the inheritance of locus-specific methylation phenotypes in somatic cells include those in which there is stable inheritance of a methylation pattern such that all cells contain a similarly methylated locus, as well as models in which the inheritance of methylation can be variable.
  • (19) It inherited an economy that was growing quite strongly but activity came to an abrupt halt last autumn and has flatlined ever since.
  • (20) An autosomal recessive mode of inheritance of this deficiency was found.

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