recurrence
- noun
- /rɪˈkɜːrəns/
- The doctor warned about the possibility of a recurrence of the illness after treatment.
- recurrence rate
- local recurrence
- regional recurrence
And so the Fed began to think of itself as preventing the recurrence of recessions.
- And so the Fed began to think of itself as preventing the recurrence of recessions.
- And so in a way, you know, this response to the recurrence wasn't surprising to me.
Examples
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A day or two later, the patient experienced a recurrence of all symptoms except dizziness.
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We have already taken decisive measures to prevent a recurrence of these events.
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Then he had a recurrence of the cancer.
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None of the patients have had a recurrence in the past few hours.
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Our job is to investigate these events from every possible angle, so that we might prevent their recurrence.
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Tumor recurrence is common; local recurrence rates as high as 95% have been reported.
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You have recurrence of your prostate cancer.
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Unfortunately, JNA has a high recurrence rate of up to 40%, usually within 2 years of surgery.
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At the time of the study, no patient had experienced a tumor recurrence or distant metastasis.
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The mass was surgically excised, and no recurrence was noted more than 2 years postoperatively.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
A series of events that repeat in the same order
An act of coming back to a place or state
An event that happens again in the same way
Doing or saying something again
A repeated version of something that aims to improve it
The time when someone or something comes back into sight after being away
A regular pattern when something happens again at set times
Something that happens again
Doing something again to practice or make it clear
A pattern where something happens again at fixed times
An event that happens again at regular times
An event that happens again and again at regular times
A repeated pattern that happens at regular times
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Compounds
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Morphology
Etymology
Recurrence comes from the Latin parts re- meaning 'again' and currere meaning 'to run', the same root you see in current and course. So a recurrence is something that 'happens again' or comes back at another time.