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单词 recessive
释义 re·ces·sive
I. \rə̇ˈsesiv, rēˈ-, -sēv also -səv\ adjective
Etymology: Latin recessus (past participle of recedere to recede) + English -ive
1.
 a. : tending to go back : receding
  < the mental apparatus of a considerable percentage of the population tends to be disorganized, becoming recessive — P.A.Sorokin >
 b. : retiring, withdrawn
  < a lonely recessive savant who could hardly bear to raise his voice in the classroom — Harper's >
2. of an allele : being subordinate to a contrasting allele in manifestation — opposed to dominant; compare mendel's law
re·ces·sive·ly \-sə̇vlē\ adverb
re·ces·sive·ness \-sivnə̇s\ noun -es
II. noun
(-s)
1. : a recessive character or factor
2. : an organism possessing one or more recessive characters
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