recessive

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

récessif

Synonymes

recessive allele

recessionary

pliable

receding

regressive

yielding

compliant

weak kneed

nonresistant

Traductions

recesivo

resesif

recessivo

rezessiv

Rezessivität

rezessives Gen

υποχωρητικός

εκφυλιστικός

recessiva

recessief

تراجعي

çekinik

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹɪˈsɛsɪv/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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