Meanings
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1
adj
Recurring; happening time after time.
The patient complained of recurrent chest pain.
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2
adj
Running back toward its origin.
A recurrent nerve or artery.
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3
adj
recurring again and again
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4
adj
Non-transient.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
adj
· recurring; happening time...
habitualmonotonousperennialrecurrentrecurringrepeatingrepetitionalrepetitionary
3
adj
· recurring again and again
perennial
4
adj
· non-transient.
persistent
Word family
Derived forms
interrecurrentnonrecurrentoligorecurrentquasirecurrentrecurrentlyunrecurrent
Related forms
recurrence
Etymology
From Latin recurrens, present participle of recurrere. Morphologically recur + -ent.