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herediatry spinal ataxia |
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hereditament
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| hereditary cerebellar ataxia
| hereditary condition
hereditament
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hereditament has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
hereditament, n. [LL. hereditamentum. See Hereditable.].
Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir. Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
" A corporeal hereditament is visible and tangible; an incorporeal hereditament is not in itself visible or tangible, being an hereditary right, interest, or obligation, as duty to pay rent, or a right of way."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hereditament, n. Law 1 any property that can be inherited.
2 inheritance.
2 inheritance.
Etymology
med.L hereditamentum (as HEREDITABLE)
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