English-Portuguese translations for recessive

• recessivo
  Há 39 milhões de tanzanianos, 270 mil dos quais sofrem de uma anomalia genética causada pela presença de um gene recessivo que provoca a despigmentação da pele. 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