Recessive

//ɹɪˈsɛsɪv//

Synonyms for "recessive" (24 found)

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Translations

19 translations across 18 languages.

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Arabic

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  • مُتَنَحٍّ adj (in genetics)

Bulgarian

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  • рецесивен adj (in genetics)

Catalan

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  • recessiu adj (in genetics)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 隱性 /隐性 adj (in genetics)

Czech

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  • recesivní adj (in genetics)

Danish

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  • recessiv adj (in genetics)

French

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  • récessif adj (in genetics)

German

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  • rezessiv adj (in genetics)
  • rezessiv adj (in grammar)

Hungarian

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  • recesszív adj (in genetics)

Japanese

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  • 潜性 adj (in genetics)

Malay

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  • resesif adj (in genetics)

Northern Kurdish

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  • bezîw adj (in genetics)

Portuguese

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  • recessivo adj (in genetics)

Romanian

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  • recesiv adj (in genetics)

Spanish

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  • recesivo adj (in genetics)

Swedish

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  • recessiv adj (in genetics)

Tagalog

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  • daigin adj (in genetics)

Vietnamese

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  • lặn adj (in genetics)

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1944 June 21, James A. G. Rehn, South African Bird-Locust Records and Notes (Orthoptera; Acrididae; Cyrtacanthacridinae; Group Cyrtacanthacres), Notulae Naturae, Number 137, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, page 3, The Lydenburg male and the other two females have the infuscate pattern definitely more recessive and less evident, although traceable.

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This plan takes advantage of the fact that barless is the most recessive of a series of alleles.

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The series of murine Agouti alleles is a consistent array as it progresses from the most recessive to the most dominant allele (Jackson, 1994).

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The worker–client relationship is more recessive and has a more catalytic and enabling quality.

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