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.

Concepten

recessief

Synoniemen

recessive allele

recessionary

pliable

receding

regressive

yielding

compliant

weak kneed

nonresistant

Vertalingen

récessif

recessivo

recesivo

resesif

rezessiv

rezessives Gen

υποχωρητικός

εκφυλιστικός

recessiva

تراجعي

çekinik

نزولي

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɹɪˈsɛsɪv/

Etymologie (Engels)

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