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How to pronounce “recessive”
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Pronunciation guide for recessive
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of recessive with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 7 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
jaw a recessive jaw um your upper jaw
- Definition summary
- Going back; receding.
Example 1 of 7
How to pronounce recessive
Obstructive Sleep Apnea

jaw a recessive jaw um your upper jaw
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “recessive”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Going back; receding.
- (genetics) Able to be masked by a dominant allele or trait.
- (by extension) Not dominant; whose effect is masked by stronger effects.
- [Noun]
- (genetics) A gene that is recessive.
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