[rɪˈkʌrənt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- occurring often or repeatedly
(e.g: she had a recurrent dream about falling)

- (of a nerve or blood vessel) turning back so as to reverse direction
(e.g: the recurrent nerve leaves the hypocerebral ganglion)


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Origin:
late 16th century (in recurrent): from Latin recurrent- ‘running back’, from the verb recurrere (see recur)