recurrent
adjective /rɪˈkʌrənt/
/rɪˈkɜːrənt/
- that happens again and again
- recurrent infections
- recurrent costs
- Poverty is a recurrent theme in her novels.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRecurrent is used with these nouns:- attack
- dream
- episode
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally referring to a nerve of blood vessel turning back in order to reverse direction): from Latin recurrent- ‘running back’, from the verb recurrere, from re- ‘again, back’ + currere ‘run’.