genetic
adj.adj. related to your genes or the way physical traits pass from parents to children. It describes things you are born with because of your family history.
adj. relating to genes or heredity; describing the biological process by which characteristics are passed from one generation to the next.
Eye color is a genetic trait passed down from parents.
Scientists are studying the genetic code of the plant to understand why it survives in such dry soil.
While environmental factors certainly influence health, many chronic conditions have a strong genetic component that predisposes certain individuals to illness regardless of their lifestyle choices.
Coined from genesis, similarly to antithesis, antithetic. Reflects Ancient Greek γενετικός (genetikós), from γένεσις (génesis) + -κός (-kós). Ultimately from Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”). By surface analysis, gene + -tic or gen(esis) + -etic.
Typically used as an attributive adjective before a noun.
He has a genetic of heart diseaseHe has a genetic predisposition to heart diseaseGenetic is an adjective and cannot function as a noun; it must modify a noun like 'trait', 'disorder', or 'link'.