RECURRENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recurrent mean? 

• RECURRENT (adjective)
  The adjective RECURRENT has 1 sense:

1. recurring again and again

  Familiarity information: RECURRENT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECURRENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recurring again and again

Synonyms:

perennial; recurrent; repeated

Context example:

perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements

Similar:

continual (recurring regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series)

Derivation:

recur (happen or occur again)

recurrence (happening again (especially at regular intervals))

 Context examples 

BNCT is being studied as a treatment for glioblastoma multiforme and recurrent head and neck cancer.

(BNCT, NCI Dictionary)

In humans, DOCK8 deficiency leads to recurrent viral infections of the skin and respiratory system and to severe allergies and asthma.

(Scientists discover immune cell subtype in mice that drives allergic reactions, National Institutes of Health)

Clinical signs of the inherited deficiency present within the first decade of life and are consistent with the signs of recurrent systemic infection or immune complex disease.

(C3 Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of cisplatin, methotrexate, bleomycin and vincristine used for the treatment of unresectable and recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

(CABO Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical signs of the inherited deficiency present within the second decade of life and are consistent with the signs of recurrent systemic infection.

(C5 Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide and doxorubicin used in the adjuvant setting for the treatment of breast cancer; also used for the treatment of recurrent and metastatic breast cancer.

(AC regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

Recurrent cytogenetic aberrations are specifically associated with this entity: t(2;13)(q35;q14) and t(1;13)(p36;q14).

(Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

As expected, cumulative allergen exposure over the first 3 years of life was associated with allergies and wheezing at age 3, and children with allergy were more likely to have recurrent wheezing.

(Infant Exposure to Allergens May Help Prevent Wheezing, NIH)

There is a recurrent cytogenetic aberration: der (17)t(X;17)(p11;q25).

(Alveolar soft part sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of doxorubicin and paclitaxel used to treat recurrent and metastatic breast cancer.

(AT Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)