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ABRIDGED INHERITANCE

\ɐbɹˈɪd͡ʒd ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns], \ɐbɹˈɪd‍ʒd ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns], \ɐ_b_ɹ_ˈɪ_dʒ_d ɪ_n_h_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_t_ə_n_s]\

Definitions of ABRIDGED INHERITANCE

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Of Haeckel, the fusion or omission of certain characteristics in an offspring which were present in the ancestors.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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