Related Words for recessive

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WordSyllablesCategories
dominant
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Adjective, Noun
polygenic
x//x
Adjective, Adjective
allele
x/x
Noun
heterozygous
xxx/x
Adjective
homozygous
xx/x
Adjective
monogenic
/x/x
Adjective
autosomal
/xx/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
gene
/
Noun
mutation
x/x
Noun
genetic
x/x
Adjective
phenotype
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Noun
heterozygote
xxx/x
Noun
heritable
/xxx
Adjective
mendelian
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Adjective
trait
/
Noun
merle
/
Name
penetrance
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Noun
dystrophic
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Adjective
hereditary
x/xxx
Adjective
congenital
x/xx
Adjective
dystrophy
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Noun
deleterious
xx/xx
Adjective
dimorphic
x/x
Adjective
transmissible
x/xx
Adjective
pigmentary
/xxx
Adjective
receding
x/x
Noun
retrograde
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Adjective
regressive
x/x
Adjective
backward
/x
Adjective
regressing
x/x
Verb
back
/
Adverb
recurrent
x/x
Adjective
reverted
x/x
Verb
retrospective
xx/x
Adjective
backsliding
/xx
Noun
relict
x/
Noun
reentrant
x/x
Adjective
repeating
x/x
Verb
atavistic
/xxx
Adjective
retracted
x/x
Verb
recursive
x/x
Adjective
retro
/x
Noun
reversionary
x/xxx
Adjective
reversal
x/x
Noun
reverberate
x/xx
Noun
resurgent
x/x
Noun
secondary
/xxx
Adjective
reproductive
xx/x
Noun
reclaimed
x/
Adjective
regenerate
x/xx
Noun
reorient
x/xx
Verb
returned
x/
Verb
back to front
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Phrase, Adverb, Adjective
rearview
/x
Noun
regenerative
x/xxx
Adjective
prodigal
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Noun
retroactive
xx/x
Adjective
restorative
x/xx
Adjective
scid
/
Name
deb
/
Name
inherited
x/xx
Verb
pigmentosa
x//x
Noun
microcephaly
/x/xx
Noun
inheritance
x/xx
Noun
parkinsonism
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Noun
transmitted
x/x
Verb
albinism
/xxx
Noun
sma
x
Name
oncogene
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Noun
behaves
x/
Verb
vantage
/x
Noun
mutant
/x
Noun
suppressor
x/x
Noun
genotype
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Noun
crystalline
/xx
Adjective, Noun
hidden
/x
Adjective, Noun
implicit
x/x
Adjective
invisible
x/xx
Adjective, Verb, Noun
linked
/
Adjective
multifactorial
xx//xx
Adjective, Noun
negative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
neuropathic
/x/x
Adjective
pleiotropic
/x/x
Adjective
predisposing
xx/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
sachs
/
Name
trisomy
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Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb