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recessive (adj.)

1670s, from Latin recess-, past participle stem of recedere (see recede) + -ive. Linguistics sense is from 1879; in genetics, 1900, from German recessiv (Mendel, 1865). Related: Recessiveness.

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Definitions of recessive from WordNet
1
recessive (adj.)
of or pertaining to a recession;
Synonyms: recessionary
recessive (adj.)
(of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical;
2
recessive (n.)
an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical;
Synonyms: recessive allele
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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