recessive

One entry found for recessive.

Main Entry: ¹re·ces·sive
Pronunciation: ri-'se-siv
Function: adjective
1 a : tending to recede b : WITHDRAWN 2
2 a : producing little or no phenotypic effect when occurring in heterozygous condition with a contrasting allele <recessive genes> b : expressed only when the determining gene is in the homozygous condition <recessive traits> <a recessive disease>
- re·ces·sive·ly adverb
- re·ces·sive·ness noun