Lexic.us

Definition of Recessive

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a recession.

2. Noun. An allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical.

3. Adjective. (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical.

Definition of Recessive

1. a. Going back; receding.

Definition of Recessive

1. Adjective. Going back; receding. ¹

2. Adjective. (genetics) Able to be covered up by a dominant trait. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Recessive

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Recessive

1. An allele or mutation that is only expressed phenotypically when it is present in the homozygous form. In the heterozygote it is obscured by dominant alleles. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Recessive

recess appointments recessed recesses recessing recession recessional recessional march recessionals recessionary recessionista

recessionistas recessionlike recessionproof recessions recessitivity recessive (current term) recessive character recessive gene recessive inheritance recessive oncogene

recessive trait recessively recessiveness recessivenesses recessives recessus recessus anterior recessus cochlearis recessus costodiaphragmaticus recessus costomediastinalis

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