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RECESSIVE

\ɹɪsˈɛsɪv], \ɹɪsˈɛsɪv], \ɹ_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_v]\

Definitions of RECESSIVE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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of or pertaining to a recession

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

Going back; receding.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Going back; receding.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Mendelian characters. See Mendelism.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

A type of heredity described by Mendel wherein two simplex characters coming together transmit the repressed character.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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