Sign 210 of 441 in the Auslan Medical Dictionary

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Keywords: heritable, bequeath, customary, traditional, hereditariness, hereditary, heritage, custom, tradition

Sign Definition

As a Noun

  1. A belief or way of doing things that has existed for a long time without changing. English = tradition, custom.
  2. Things or ways of doing things that have been given or taught to the present generation from earlier generations. English = heritage.
  3. A physical condition that one gets or inherits from one's parents, grandparents etc.
  4. The quality of being acquired through biological transmission from one's parents, grandparents etc. English = hereditary, hereditariness.

As a Verb or Adjective

  1. To be some belief or way of doing things that has not changed for a long time. English = (be) traditional, (be) customary.
  2. To give or teach to one's descendants or offspring. English = hand down, hand on, pass on, bequeath.
  3. To be a physical condition that one gets from one's parents, grandparents etc. English = (be) hereditary, (be) heritable.