non-hereditary
Earned, not born
Non-hereditary describes something not passed down through family lines or genetic inheritance.
A non-hereditary title is earned or appointed rather than inherited.
A non-hereditary condition arises from environmental factors or chance rather than genes.
The term distinguishes acquired traits, positions, or diseases from those transmitted from parent to child.
Able to spread disease
- contractedReduced in size
- contagiousTransmissible between people
- communicableCapable of being spread
- transmissibleAble to spread between individuals
developed · induced · postnatal · preventable · secondary · iatrogenic · adaptive · occupational
Arising without external cause
- sporadicOccurring irregularly, infrequently
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- novelNew and unusual
- clonalGenetically identical copies
aberrant · isolated · stochastic · unpredictable · emergent
Attaching a methyl group
- histoneChromosome-packing protein
- chromatinNuclear protein-wrapped genetic material
- silencingStopping noise or dissent
- imprintingRapid early learning attachment
acetylation · reprogramming · phenotypic · transgenerational · developmental · stress-induced · plasticity
Taught a skill
- educatedHaving received formal instruction
- practicedSkilled from repeated effort
- experientialDerived from direct involvement
- behavioralRelating to conduct
cultural · socialized · conditioned · habitual · instructed · apprenticed · cultivated · nurtured
Of factories and production
- anthropogenicCaused by human activity
- ecologicalRelating to ecosystems
- carcinogenicCauses cancer
- teratogenicCausing fetal malformations
infectious
Able to spread disease
- contractedReduced in size
- contagiousTransmissible between people
- communicableCapable of being spread
transmissible · developed · induced · postnatal · preventable · secondary · iatrogenic · adaptive · occupational · behavioral
spontaneous
Arising without external cause
clonal · aberrant · isolated · stochastic · unpredictable · emergent
methylation
Attaching a methyl group
- histoneChromosome-packing protein
- chromatinNuclear protein-wrapped genetic material
- silencingStopping noise or dissent
imprinting · acetylation · reprogramming · phenotypic · transgenerational · developmental · stress-induced · plasticity
trained
Taught a skill
- educatedHaving received formal instruction
- practicedSkilled from repeated effort
- experientialDerived from direct involvement
behavioral · cultural · socialized · conditioned · habitual · instructed · apprenticed · cultivated · nurtured · taught
industrial
Of factories and production
- anthropogenicCaused by human activity
- ecologicalRelating to ecosystems
- carcinogenicCauses cancer
non-hereditaryhereditary
Passed through generations
inherited · dynastic · ancestral · familial · patrilineal
non-hereditaryhereditary
Passed through generations
genetic · inherited · congenital · inborn · innate
hereditary, heredity, heiress, inherit, inheritor, inheritance, inherited, inheriting, inheritable