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recurrent adjective [ rɪˈkʌr(ə)nt ]

• occurring often or repeatedly.
• "she had a recurrent dream about falling"
Similar: repeated, recurring, repetitive, reiterative, periodic, happening at intervals, cyclical, cyclic, seasonal, perennial, regular, habitual, chronic, continual, frequent, intermittent, sporadic, spasmodic, odd,
Opposite: isolated, single, unique,
• (of a nerve or blood vessel) turning back so as to reverse direction.
• "the recurrent nerve leaves the hypocerebral ganglion"
Origin: late 16th century (in recurrent (sense 2)): from Latin recurrent- ‘running back’, from the verb recurrere (see recur).


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