Recurrent
adjective
Something that happens repeatedly, or comes back again and again.
He had a recurrent dream about falling from a great height.
Often appears as...
- recurrent theme
- recurrent problem
adjective
In biology, a body part or structure that is points backward or is directed backward.
Recurrent nerves are nerves that originate from the brain, pass downward, and turn up to provide signals to the larynx.
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Technical
adjective
In medicine, a disease or condition returning after it has improved or disappeared.
Recurrent infections may indicate a problem with the immune system.
Often appears as...
- recurrent infection
- recurrent symptoms
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Technical
adjective
Something that happens repeatedly, or comes back again and again.
He had a recurrent dream about falling from a great height.
Often appears as...
- recurrent theme
- recurrent problem
adjective
In biology, a body part or structure that is points backward or is directed backward.
Recurrent nerves are nerves that originate from the brain, pass downward, and turn up to provide signals to the larynx.
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
In medicine, a disease or condition returning after it has improved or disappeared.
Recurrent infections may indicate a problem with the immune system.
Often appears as...
- recurrent infection
- recurrent symptoms
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Frequency Emphasis
Use 'recurrent' to emphasize the frequency of events or situations occurring over time.
The company faced recurrent delays in the project launch.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Situations
'Recurrent' often describes undesirable events, hinting at annoyance or concern.
She was tired of the recurrent interruptions.
Pro Tip 3/3Predictability
'Recurrent' can suggest predictability due to the repetitive nature of the event.
Recurrent power outages happened every summer.
Pro Tip 1/3Frequency Emphasis
Use 'recurrent' to emphasize the frequency of events or situations occurring over time.
The company faced recurrent delays in the project launch.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Situations
'Recurrent' often describes undesirable events, hinting at annoyance or concern.
She was tired of the recurrent interruptions.
Pro Tip 3/3Predictability
'Recurrent' can suggest predictability due to the repetitive nature of the event.
Recurrent power outages happened every summer.
Pro Tip 1/3Frequency Emphasis
Use 'recurrent' to emphasize the frequency of events or situations occurring over time.
The company faced recurrent delays in the project launch.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Situations
'Recurrent' often describes undesirable events, hinting at annoyance or concern.
She was tired of the recurrent interruptions.
Pro Tip 3/3Predictability
'Recurrent' can suggest predictability due to the repetitive nature of the event.
Recurrent power outages happened every summer.
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Performing brain surgery...
Radiation also has a cumulative effect, meaning that earlier doses can overlap with those delivered later on. So patients with recurrent tumors may have limitations with future radiosurgery treatments. But these disadvantages weigh up against some much larger benefits.
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Lisa Gansky: The future...
is to make sharing irresistible. We have experiences in our lives, certainly, when sharing has been irresistible. It's just, how do we make that recurrent and scale it? We know also, because we're connected in social networks, that it's easy to create delight
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Why are eating disorders...
An eating disorder can involve any one or any combination of these behaviors. For example, people living with anorexia usually restrict the amount of food they eat, while bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent binges and purges.
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What is depression? -...
loss of interest in things you'd normally enjoy, changes in appetite, feeling worthless or excessively guilty, sleeping either too much or too little, poor concentration, restlessness or slowness, loss of energy, or recurrent thoughts of suicide.
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Strange answers to the...
wondering if I had any mental disorders, and it turns out I've got 12. I've got generalized anxiety disorder, which is a given. I've got nightmare disorder, which is categorized if you have recurrent dreams of being pursued or declared a failure,
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The powerful stories...
who have seen their narrative systematically assaulted over centuries, this is critically important. This is part of a recurrent echo across our history of ordinary people making a stand for their story, for their history.
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What causes yeast...
But why many others have recurrent infections is currently unclear— and requires a lot more research. In fact, so does basically everything we've just talked about. We don’t know nearly enough about the vaginal microbiome.
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The Human Cost of Sugar...
thought dehydration can make your kidneys worse in the short term but there be a complete recovery but we were thinking that perhaps if it's recurrent daily dehydration over time we might
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Bill Doyle: Treating...
for the treatment of patients with recurrent GBM. Importantly, it was the first time ever that the FDA included in their approval of an oncology treatment a quality of life claim.
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Why I photograph the...
In other words, I was officially diagnosed with a rare, aggressive, incurable brain cancer. Not my best day. My cancer is treatable, but it's highly recurrent.
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Performing brain surgery...
Radiation also has a cumulative effect, meaning that earlier doses can overlap with those delivered later on. So patients with recurrent tumors may have limitations with future radiosurgery treatments. But these disadvantages weigh up against some much larger benefits.
Video examples
Lisa Gansky: The future...
is to make sharing irresistible. We have experiences in our lives, certainly, when sharing has been irresistible. It's just, how do we make that recurrent and scale it? We know also, because we're connected in social networks, that it's easy to create delight
Video examples
Why are eating disorders...
An eating disorder can involve any one or any combination of these behaviors. For example, people living with anorexia usually restrict the amount of food they eat, while bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent binges and purges.
Video examples
What is depression? -...
loss of interest in things you'd normally enjoy, changes in appetite, feeling worthless or excessively guilty, sleeping either too much or too little, poor concentration, restlessness or slowness, loss of energy, or recurrent thoughts of suicide.
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Strange answers to the...
wondering if I had any mental disorders, and it turns out I've got 12. I've got generalized anxiety disorder, which is a given. I've got nightmare disorder, which is categorized if you have recurrent dreams of being pursued or declared a failure,
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The powerful stories...
who have seen their narrative systematically assaulted over centuries, this is critically important. This is part of a recurrent echo across our history of ordinary people making a stand for their story, for their history.
Video examples
What causes yeast...
But why many others have recurrent infections is currently unclear— and requires a lot more research. In fact, so does basically everything we've just talked about. We don’t know nearly enough about the vaginal microbiome.
Video examples
The Human Cost of Sugar...
thought dehydration can make your kidneys worse in the short term but there be a complete recovery but we were thinking that perhaps if it's recurrent daily dehydration over time we might
Video examples
Bill Doyle: Treating...
for the treatment of patients with recurrent GBM. Importantly, it was the first time ever that the FDA included in their approval of an oncology treatment a quality of life claim.
Video examples
Why I photograph the...
In other words, I was officially diagnosed with a rare, aggressive, incurable brain cancer. Not my best day. My cancer is treatable, but it's highly recurrent.
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Scott Anderson
American Journalist
Even if he was happier in Asia than he'd been in Latin America, the wanderlust still worked on my father's insides like a disease. One of the most recurrent memories of my childhood is of him sitting in his armchair in the evenings, poring over atlases the way other fathers read newspapers or books.
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Ken Liu
American Writer
For 'The Grace of Kings,' I read Han Dynasty historical records in Classical Chinese, which allowed me to get a sense of the complexity of the politics and the 'surprisingly modern' reactions of the historical figures to recurrent problems of state administration.
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Harvey Mackay
American Businessman
If you find yourself plagued by a recurrent worry, train yourself to think of something else. Your conscious mind can concentrate on only one thought at a time, and driving the negativity away will free you up to move forward again.
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Joe Murray
American Artist
Two days prior to the Herrick operation I repaired a double cleft lip, resected a recurrent cancer of the mouth, corrected lop ears in a child, and closed a burn of the buttocks.
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Leland Ryken
American Educator
The Puritans' sense of priorities in life was one of their greatest strengths. Putting God first and valuing everything else in relation to God was a recurrent Puritan theme.
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Norman Borlaug
American Scientist
Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods.
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Paul Rand
American Designer
A style is the consequence of recurrent habits, restraints, or rules invented or inherited, written or overheard, intuitive or preconceived.
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John Drinkwater
English Poet
For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts.
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Bill Drayton
American Businessman
Public service and respect for ideas is a recurrent theme in both the American and Australian sides of my family.
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E. B. White
American Writer
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
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Scott Anderson
American Journalist
Even if he was happier in Asia than he'd been in Latin America, the wanderlust still worked on my father's insides like a disease. One of the most recurrent memories of my childhood is of him sitting in his armchair in the evenings, poring over atlases the way other fathers read newspapers or books.
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Ken Liu
American Writer
For 'The Grace of Kings,' I read Han Dynasty historical records in Classical Chinese, which allowed me to get a sense of the complexity of the politics and the 'surprisingly modern' reactions of the historical figures to recurrent problems of state administration.
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Harvey Mackay
American Businessman
If you find yourself plagued by a recurrent worry, train yourself to think of something else. Your conscious mind can concentrate on only one thought at a time, and driving the negativity away will free you up to move forward again.
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Joe Murray
American Artist
Two days prior to the Herrick operation I repaired a double cleft lip, resected a recurrent cancer of the mouth, corrected lop ears in a child, and closed a burn of the buttocks.
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Leland Ryken
American Educator
The Puritans' sense of priorities in life was one of their greatest strengths. Putting God first and valuing everything else in relation to God was a recurrent Puritan theme.
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Norman Borlaug
American Scientist
Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods.
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Paul Rand
American Designer
A style is the consequence of recurrent habits, restraints, or rules invented or inherited, written or overheard, intuitive or preconceived.
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John Drinkwater
English Poet
For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts.
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Bill Drayton
American Businessman
Public service and respect for ideas is a recurrent theme in both the American and Australian sides of my family.
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E. B. White
American Writer
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
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