recessive

(rĭ-sĕs'ĭv)
adj.

1. Tending to go backward or recede.
2. 1. Genetics. Of, relating to, or designating an allele that does not produce a characteristic effect when present with a dominant allele.
   2. Of or relating to a trait that is expressed only when the determining allele is present in the homozygous condition.

n. Genetics

1. A recessive allele or trait.
2. An organism having a recessive trait.

recessively re·ces'sive·ly adv.
recessiveness re·ces'sive·ness n.

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IN BRIEF: Having a tendency to go back. Also: In genetics, a pair of hereditary factors that remain hidden or dormant.

Characteristics that result from a recessive trait include blue eyes and blond hair.

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describing an allele that lacks effect when accompanied in the same diploid by a dominant form of the same gene. Most (not all) defective mutant genes are recessive to their normal functional counterparts.
—recessivity n.

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See words rhyming with "recessive."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vigende, nedadgående, recessiv (arveanlæg)
n. - vigende/recessivt gen

Nederlands (Dutch)
terugkwijkend, recessief, zich naar voren verplaatsend (accent)

Français (French)
adj. - récessif
n. - (Biol) allèle récessif, organisme ayant un trait récessif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - rezessiv
n. - rezessives Gen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υποχωρητικός, εκφυλιστικός
n. - εκφυλιστικός τύπος

Italiano (Italian)
recessivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - recessivo
n. - gene recessivo (m)

Русский (Russian)
рецессивный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - recesivo, que tiende a retroceder
n. - recesivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - vikande, (biol) recessiv
n. - nedgång

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
后退的, 逆行的, 退隐的, 隐性的, 隐性性状

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 後退的, 逆行的, 退隱的, 隱性的
n. - 隱性性狀

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 퇴행의, 역행하는
n. - 열성 형질

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 退行の, 逆行の, 劣性の
n. - 劣性形質, 劣性組織

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مرتد, منحسر (الاسم) صفه مكبوته‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נסגני, נכנע, קרובה לתחילת המילה (הטעמה)‬
n. - ‮תכונה המופיעה בצאצא רק כשאינה מכוסה ע"י תכונה תורשתית שלטת‬

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