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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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