Recurrence

Origin

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

Full definition of recurrence

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. — I. Taylor.
3. A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.
4. Recourse.

Synonyms

• reoccurrence

Hyponyms

• recrudescence
• reemergence
• resurgence

Related terms

• recur
• recurrent
• recursive
• recursivity
• recursion