recessive
adjective /rɪˈsesɪv/
/rɪˈsesɪv/
(biology- a recessive physical characteristic only appears in a child if it has two genes for this characteristic, one from each parent
compare dominant (2)Topics Biologyc2隐性的 Collocations DictionaryRecessive is used with these nouns:- gene
词源late 17th cent.: from recess, on the pattern of excessive.