recurrence

Etymology

recurrent + -ence, cognate with Latin recurrentia, from recurrēns (“returning back, recurring”), form of recurrō (“I return, I recur”) (English recur).

noun

  1. Return or reversion to a certain state.
  2. The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence.
    I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations. 1860, Isaac Taylor, Logic in Theolog, Without Controversy
  3. A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.
  4. Recourse.

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