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Meaning of recessivus | Babel Free

Adjective feminine CEFR B2
[rɛ.kɛsˈsiː.wʊs]

Definitions

  1. tending to recede
    New-Latin, adjective, declension-1, declension-2
  2. recessive (genetics)
    New-Latin, adjective, declension-1, declension-2

Examples

“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.

“sibi proponit studium sub aspectu bio-chemico actionis duorum allelium recessivorum”

He proposes the bio-chemical study of the action of two recessive alleles

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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