nonhereditary

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nonhereditary - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  nonhereditary \nonhereditary\ adj.
     Not inheritable through genetic transmission. Opposite of
     inheritable, and heritable. [Narrower terms: acquired, nurtural
     ; congenital, inborn, innate ]  Syn: nontransmissible, nonheritable, noninheritable.   [WordNet 1.5] nonhierarchic From WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) [wn]:  nonhereditary adj 1: not acquirable by inheritance [syn: {nonhereditary
                      ,
             nontransmissible]