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adjective

Recessive adj.

Going back; receding.

(Genetics) 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.

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Etymology of 'Recessive'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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Words linked to "Recessive" : genetics, dominant, allelomorph, recessive gene, X-linked recessive inheritance, recessionary, allele, recession, recessive allele, genetic science, autosomal recessive defect