Usually means: Not passed down through generations.
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  1. nonhereditary: Merriam-Webster
  2. nonhereditary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nonhereditary: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. nonhereditary: Wiktionary
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  9. nonhereditary: FreeDictionary.org
  10. nonhereditary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. nonhereditary: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. nonhereditary: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Not hereditary; not passed down by inheritance.

Similar:
nontransmissible, nonheritable, noninheritable, unhereditary, noninherited, non-hereditary, unheritable, uninherited, nongenetic, uninheritable, more...

Opposite:
hereditary, genetic, inherited

Types:
acquired, environmental, de novo, somatic, more...

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Similar:
nontransmissible, nonheritable, noninheritable, unhereditary, noninherited, non-hereditary, unheritable, uninherited, nongenetic, uninheritable, more...

Opposite:
hereditary, genetic, inherited

Types:
acquired, environmental, de novo, somatic, more...



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