Found 2 items, similar to recessive.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: recessive recessive adj 1: of or pertaining to a recession [syn: recessionary] 2: of genes; producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical [ant: dominant]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Recessive 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] 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]