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Re*ces"sive (r&euptack_;*sĕs"sĭv), a. 1. Going back; receding.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Genetics) Not appearing in the phenotype unless both alleles of the organism have the same trait; -- of genetic characteristics, or of the genes coding for such characteristics, in diploid organisms. Opposite of dominant; hemophilia is a recessive trait.
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Re*ces"sive (r&euptack_;*sĕs"sĭv), n. (Genetics) A genetic trait determined by a recessive{2} allele; a trait not appearing in the phenotype unless both chromosomes of the organism have the same allele; also, an allele which is recessive{2}.
[PJC]