recessive
About 2.32 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Going back; receding.
- adjective Able to be masked by a dominant allele or trait.
- adjective Not dominant; whose effect is masked by stronger effects.
- noun A gene that is recessive.
Similar words
implicit hidden invisible retiring subordinate passive yielding submissive withdrawn unobtrusive
Often followed by
gene trait genes inheritance disorder allele and alleles to
Word family
recessively recessiveness recessivenesses recessives
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