'Recessive' definitions:
Definition of 'recessive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or pertaining to a recession [syn: recessionary, recessive]
adjective
(of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical [ant: dominant]
noun
An allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical [syn: recessive allele, recessive]
Definition of 'Recessive'
From: GCIDE
- Recessive \Re*ces"sive\ (r[-e]*s[e^]s"s[i^]v), a.
- 1. Going back; receding. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Genetics) Not appearing in the phenotype unless both alleles of the organism have the same trait; -- of genetic characteristics, or of the genes coding for such characteristics, in diploid organisms. Opposite of dominant; hemophilia is a recessive trait. [PJC]
Definition of 'Recessive'
From: GCIDE
- Recessive \Re*ces"sive\ (r[-e]*s[e^]s"s[i^]v), n. (Genetics) A genetic trait determined by a recessive[2] allele; a trait not appearing in the phenotype unless both chromosomes of the organism have the same allele; also, an allele which is recessive[2]. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'recessive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- atavistic,
- reactionary,
- recedent,
- recessional,
- recessionary,
- recidivist,
- recidivous,
- regressive,
- retroactive,
- retrocedent,
- retrocessive,
- retrograde,
- retrogressive,
- retrorse,
- retroverse,
- returnable,
- reversible,
- reversional,
- reversionary,
- revertible,
- revulsionary