Search Result for "recessive":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical;
[syn: recessive allele, recessive]
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. of or pertaining to a recession;
[syn: recessionary, recessive]
2. (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "recessive": atavistic, reactionary, recedent, recessional, recessionary, recidivist, recidivous, regressive, retroactive, retrocedent, retrocessive, retrograde, retrogressive, retrorse, retroverse, returnable, reversible, reversional, reversionary, revertible, revulsionary
