recessive

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Going back; receding.
2. Able to be masked by a dominant allele or trait.
3. (broadly) Not dominant; whose effect is masked by stronger effects.

Noun

A gene that is recessive.

Sinonieme

recessive allele

recessionary

pliable

receding

regressive

yielding

compliant

weak kneed

nonresistant

Vertalings

récessif

recesivo

resesif

recessivo

rezessiv

rezessives Gen

υποχωρητικός

εκφυλιστικός

recessiva

recessief

تراجعي

çekinik

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈsɛsɪv/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin recēdō + -ive, or directly from New Latin recessīvus.