adj.
- Genetics relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes which are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents. Often contrasted with dominant.
- undergoing an economic recession.
- Phonetics (of stress) tending to fall on the first syllable.
n.
Genetics a recessive trait or gene.
Derivative
- recessively adv.
- recessiveness n.
- recessivity n.
Etymology
C17: from recess, on the pattern of excessive.
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