recessīvus

Meaning

1. New Latinadjectivetending to recede
   non debet absolutè concedi esse causam per se recessus, aversionis, & elongationis à summa bonitate Dei, nisi hæc omnia materialitèr, & concretivè accipiantur […] ut finem ultimum dictis nominibus significata, denominatur motus aversivus, recessivus, &c.It should not be absolutely admitted as the cause in itself of receding, withdrawing, distancing from the sovereign goodness of God, unless all these are taken materially and concretely […] as the ultimate end signified by the names mentioned it is termed aversive, recessive, etc., motion.1727, Juan de Aliaga, Quaest. Commentariae in 1. 2. D. Thomae Angel. Magist. atque Ecclesiae Doctoris etc., volume 2, page 189:
2. New Latinadjectiverecessive (genetics)
   sibi proponit studium sub aspectu bio-chemico actionis duorum allelium recessivorumHe proposes the bio-chemical study of the action of two recessive alleles1946, Genetica Agraria, volume 1, page 359:

Declension

Origins

From recēdō + -īvus.

In English words that came into English from recessīvus

• recessiverecēdō