Meaning of RECESSIVE

Pronunciation:			ri'sesiv
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[adj]  of genes; producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical
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	Antonyms:		dominant
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\Re*ces"sive\, a. Going back; receding.
Medical Dictionary
	Definition:		A mode of inheritance in which a gene must be present from both parents for the trait to become manifest in an offspring. See : dominant.
Glossary
	Definition:		a genetically determined characteristic that is expressed only in the homozygous recessive condition.