recessive
adjective/rɪˈsesɪv/
/rɪˈsesɪv/
(biology)- a recessive physical characteristic only appears in a child if it has two genes for this characteristic, one from each parent compare dominant (2)Topics Biologyc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryRecessive is used with these nouns:
- gene
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from recess, on the pattern of excessive.Definitions on the go
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