Definition of "nongenetic" [nongenetic]

• Not genetic (adjective)

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• "Mrs. Lauder died Saturday at her Manhattan home from complications of nongenetic ovarian cancer."
• "Another study, published in the same issue of the journal and examining autism in pairs of identical and fraternal twins, finds that environmental factors play a greater role than previously believed in the development of autism, underscoring the need to understand nongenetic causes of autism."
• "Books, whether oral or written, are among the most powerful means we have for transmitting nongenetic heredity."