adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Tending to retrocede; moving backwards.
2. 2
   Of gout, an attack in which surface symptoms such as joint inflammation disappear suddenly, and are replaced by affections of the internal organs.

Synonyms

All synonyms

recessive

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