English-French translations for recessive

• récessif
  Il y a 39 millions de Tanzaniens. Parmi eux, 270 000 souffrent d'une irrégularité génétique causée par la présence d'un gène récessif qui fait que leur peau manque de pigments. There are 39 million Tanzanians, 270 thousand of which suffer from a genetic defect caused by the presence of a recessive gene which means their skin lacks pigment.

Definition of recessive

• Going back; receding
• Not dominant; whose effect is masked by stronger effects
• A gene that is recessive

Related words

• recession
• precession
• recessively
• recessional
• recessionista
• antirecession
• recessivity
• recession discharge
• Larmor precession