Main Entry: re·cur·rent

Pronunciation: \-ˈkər-ənt, -ˈkə-rənt\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Latin recurrent-, recurrens, present participle of recurrere

Date: 1611

1 : running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course —used of various nerves and branches of vessels in the arms and legs
2 : returning or happening time after time <recurrent complaints>

— re·cur·rent·ly adverb