Recessive synonyms
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not dominant
(Electronics) Exhibiting no gain or contributing no energy:
(Biology) Being in a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes:
Not active or tending to be active:
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refluent
dominant (antonym)
Dominant refers to a gene that will present itself by producing a characteristic that can be inherited.
prevailing (antonym)
overbalancing (antonym)
carrier inheritance (related)
Relating to the form of a gene that is not expressed as a trait in an individual unless two such genes are inherited, one from each parent. In an organism having two different genes for a trait, the recessive form is overpowered by its counterpart, or dominant, form located on the other of a pair of chromosomes. In humans, lack of dimples is a recessive trait, while the presence of dimples is dominant.
Of or relating to a recession.
recessive allele
an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical
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recedent
homozygous (related)
heterozygote (related)
polygenic (related)
allele (related)
Clearflight (related)
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agammaglobulinaemia (related)
dRTA (related)
Being in a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes:
heterozygous (related)
autosomal (related)
x-linked (related)
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sex-linked (related)
Find another word for recessive. In this page you can discover 29 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for recessive, like: not dominant, passive, latent, receding, regressive, suspended, inactive, refluent, dominant, prevailing and overbalancing.