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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Recurrent \Re*cur"rent\ (-rent), a. [L. recurrens, -entis, p.
pr. of recurrere: cf.F. r['e]current. See {Recur}.]
1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent
pains.
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2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent
nerve or artery.
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{Recurrent fever}. (Med.) See {Relapsing fever}, under
{Relapsing}.
{Recurrent pulse} (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears
(when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the
distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries
of the palm of the hand.
{Recurrent sensibility} (Physiol.), the sensibility
manifested by the anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal
cord (their stimulation causing pain) owing to the
presence of sensory fibers from the corresponding sensory
or posterior roots.
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