recurrent

(rĭ-kûr'ənt, -kŭr'-)
adj.

1. Occurring or appearing again or repeatedly.
2. Anatomy. Turning in a reverse direction. Used of blood vessels and nerves.

recurrently re·cur'rent·ly adv.

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adjective

Happening or appearing at regular intervals: cyclic, cyclical, isochronal, isochronous, periodic, periodical. Idioms: like clockwork. See repetition.

adj

Definition: repeating
Antonyms: halted, infrequent, isolated, permanent, prevented, single, stopped, unique

1. Applied to an injury or illness that tends to occur again.

2. In anatomy, applied to a structure such as a blood vessel or nerve, which turns back on itself to form a loop.

IN BRIEF: Returning from time to time, especially at regular or stated intervals.

Redemption is a recurrent theme in literature.

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Characterized by recurrence at intervals of weeks or months.

• r. airway obstruction — chronic obstructive pulmonary disease of horses when the disease recurs after remissions when the patient is in a dust-free environment.
• r. fever — relapsing fever.
• r. impaction colic — form of the disease likely to occur in equine patients which are overfed by indulgent owners; a common problem in American miniature horses.
• r. iridocyclitis — see periodic ophthalmia.
• r. laryngeal nerve paralysis — see roaring, laryngeal hemiplegia.
• r. mastitis — clinical mastitis recurring in the same quarter due usually to residual foci of infection in tissue where udder infusion therapy does not penetrate; caused usually by infection with coagulase-positive Staphylococcus aureus.
• r. tetany — see Scottie cramp.

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• Relative Time - recurrent: (adj) returning periodically

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  See crossword solutions for the clue Recurrent.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tilbagevendende, periodisk, gentagen, [med.] rekurrerende

Nederlands (Dutch)
zich telkens weer voordoende, zich omkerend en teruglopend (tak/ader etc.)

Français (French)
adj. - récurrent

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wiederholt, immer wiederkehrend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επαναλαμβανόμενος

Italiano (Italian)
ricorrente, periodico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - recorrente, repetitivo

Русский (Russian)
повторяющийся, периодический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - que vuelve a ocurrir, recurrente, periódico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - periodisk, återkommande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
一再发生的, 周期性的, 定期重复的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 一再發生的, 周期性的, 定期重復的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 재발하는, 정기적으로 일어나는, 순환하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 再発する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مرتد في إتجاه معاكس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חוזר ונשנה, שוטפות, חוזרות (הוצאות)‬

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