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GENETIC ENDOWMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The total of inherited attributes
Synonyms:
genetic endowment; heredity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("genetic endowment" is a kind of...):
property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "genetic endowment"):
hereditary pattern; inheritance ((genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents)