(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

[ Syn: catching , communicable , contagious , contractable , transmittable ]

occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; an inherited disease; familial traits; genetically transmitted features

[ Syn: familial , genetic , hereditary , inherited , transmitted ]

inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; ancestral home; ancestral lore; hereditary monarchy; patrimonial estate; transmissible tradition

[ Syn: ancestral , hereditary , patrimonial ]