recurrent

 
Pronunciation: /rɪˈkʌr(ə)nt/

adjective

  • 1occurring often or repeatedly: she had a recurrent dream about falling
  • 2 Anatomy (of a nerve or blood vessel) turning back so as to reverse direction: the recurrent nerve leaves the hypocerebral ganglion

Derivatives

recurrently

adverb

Origin:

late 16th century (in recurrent (sense 2)): from Latin recurrent- 'running back', from the verb recurrere (see recur)