Recessive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Tending to go backward or recede.
  • adj. Genetics Of, relating to, or designating an allele that does not produce a characteristic effect when present with a dominant allele.
  • adj. Of or relating to a trait that is expressed only when the determining allele is present in the homozygous condition.
  • n. Genetics A recessive allele or trait.
  • n. Genetics An organism having a recessive trait.
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  • adj. Going back; receding.
  • adj. Able to be covered up by a dominant trait.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Going back; receding.
  • adj. 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.
  • 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}.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Tending to recede; receding; going back: used especially of accent regarded as transferred or moved backward from the end toward the beginning of a word.
  • In biology, opposed to dominant, 2. See recessive, n.
  • n. In biology, an organism that manifests and transmits to descendants the character which is antagonistic to a dominant, or a character which is antagonistic to a dominant character. See dominant, 2.
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  • adj. (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical
  • adj. of or pertaining to a recession
  • n. an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical
    • Antonym
    dominant   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    allele    allelomorph   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    receding    regressive    retrogressive   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Progressive    aggressive    depressive    excessive    expressive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    autosomal    heterozygous    sex-linked    X-linked    pro-inflammatory   
     
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