genetic [juh-net-ik] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
genetic [juh-net-ik]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: coming from heredity
Synonyms: abiogenetic, ancestral, digenetic, eugenic, genesiological, genital, hereditary, historical, matriclinous, patrimonial, phytogenetic, sporogenous, xenogenetic
Antonyms: acquired
Main Entry: inherent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: basic, hereditary
Synonyms: built-in, characteristic, congenital, connate, constitutional, deep-rooted, deep-seated, distinctive, elementary, essential, fixed, fundamental, genetic, immanent, implicit, in the grain, inborn, inbred, inbuilt, indigenous, indispensable, individual, indwelling, ingrained, inherited, innate, inner, instinctive, integral, integrated, internal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, latent, native, natural, original, part and parcel, resident, running in the family, subjective, unalienable
Notes: the word innate means 'inborn' and should apply to living things; inherent is 'essential, intrinsic' and applies best to nonliving things like ideas
Antonyms: acquired, added, external, extrinsic, incidental, learned
Main Entry: inherited
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hereditary
Synonyms: congenital, connate, genetic, handed down, in the blood, in the genes, inborn, inbred, innate, passed down, rooted
Example Sentences
  • Californians' genetic testing options are shrinking.
  • In each case, the genetic variant increases disease risk indirectly by altering exposure to an environmental risk factor.
  • Officials at a railroad company have settled a lawsuit by agreeing to stop the secret genetic testing of their employees.
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Main Entry: racial
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ethnic
Synonyms: ancestral, ethnological, folk, genealogical, genetic, hereditary, lineal, national, phyletic, phylogenetic, tribal
Main Entry: familial
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ancestral
Synonyms: domestic, family, genetic, hereditary, inherited
Related Words
Main Entry: inherent
Part of Speech: adjective
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Adjectives:
inherent, bred in the bone, characteristic, congenital, congenite, connate, derived from within, essential, fixed, fundamental, hereditary, immanent, implanted, in the grain, inborn, inbred, incarnate, incurable, indigenous, ineradicable, ingenerate, ingrained, innate, instinctive, internal, intrinsic, intrinsical, invariable, inward, inwrought, longaminous, natural, normal, radical, running in the blood, subjective, thoroughbred, to the manner born, virtual
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