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recessed |
recession |
recessional |
recessional march |
recessionary |
recessive
| recessive allele
| recessive character
| recessive gene
| rechabite
| rechange
recessive
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun recessive has 1 sense
- recessive(n = noun.body) recessive allele - an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical; Array is a kind of allele, allelomorph
Adjective recessive has 2 senses
- recessive(a = adj.pert) recessionary - of or pertaining to a recession; Array
- recessive(a = adj.all) Array - (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical; Array Antonym: dominant
CIDE DICTIONARY
recessive, a.
- Going back; receding. [1913 Webster]
- Not appearing in the phenotype unless both alleles of the organism have the same trait; -- of genetic characteristics, or of the genes coding for such characteristics, in diploid organisms. Opposite of
dominant ; hemophilia is a recessive trait. [PJC]
recessive, n.
A genetic trait determined by a recessive{2} allele; a trait not appearing in the phenotype unless both chromosomes of the organism have the same allele; also, an allele which is recessive{2}. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
recessive, adj.
1 tending to recede.
2 Phonet. (of an accent) falling near the beginning of a word.
3 Genetics (of an inherited characteristic) appearing in offspring only when not masked by a dominant characteristic inherited from one parent.
1 tending to recede.
2 Phonet. (of an accent) falling near the beginning of a word.
3 Genetics (of an inherited characteristic) appearing in offspring only when not masked by a dominant characteristic inherited from one parent.
Derivative
recessively adv. recessiveness n.
Etymology
RECESS after excessive
THESAURUS
recessive
atavistic, reactionary, recedent, recessional, recessionary, recidivist, recidivous, regressive, retroactive, retrocedent, retrocessive, retrograde, retrogressive, retrorse, retroverse, returnable, reversible, reversional, reversionary, revertible, revulsionary
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