Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Mendelian

Mendelian , proper adjective

[See Mendel's law.]

1.
(Biology) Pert. to Mendel, or to Mendel's law; as, Mendelian inheritance.
2.
(Biology) Behaving or being in accordance with Mendel's laws of inheritance; -- said of the distribution of inherited characteristics and of traits thus distributed.