inherited

Meanings

Verb

• obtain from someone after their death
  • "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents"
• receive from a predecessor
  • "The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair"
• receive by genetic transmission
  • "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother"

Adjective Satellite

• occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
  • "an inherited disease"

Synonyms

familial, genetic, hereditary, inherit, transmissible, transmitted