[ adj ] recurring again and again <adj.all> perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements
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.
2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery.
{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.
The shares were further affected by recurrent speculation that the bank might bid for TSB. US house Lehman Brothers also voiced caution, arguing that: 'The shares looked stretched without a new source of operating gains.'
Most recurrent dance routine: The Rockettes-like line of kickers.
State mine-safety records show the mine had recurrent problems controlling loose coal and coal dust _ which is explosive in certain conditions _ and supporting the mine roof properly.
The recurrent theme is that immense quantities of beer have been consumed. Nor does the RFU have anything helpful to say to its press officers about another murky aspect of the greatest game: foul deeds on the pitch.
There have been recurrent reports of friction between Rostenkowski and Wright over provisions of the bill that appeared to guarantee a veto.
One can imagine a Mrs Dalloway symphony - the book itself seems to mimic symphonic form with its recurrent themes, distinct movements and passages of development - but not a Mrs Dalloway opera.
Issues like the Taylor report and the advent of football's premiership are recurrent themes.
But recurrent rumors of power struggles at the top and publication of ideological disputes that seem to flow from those struggles are unsettling by-products of glasnost.
But he and other experts denied recurrent reports that Iraq has based soldiers, warplanes and Scud surface-to-surface missiles in Sudan since the Gulf crisis began.
Since then the most damaging and recurrent refrain on the doorstep has been a simple one: 'You say you've changed but I'm not sure I believe it.'
The agency said about 8 million new or recurrent cases appear each year in the U.S.
Assuming that 80 per cent of pension scheme members are in contracted-out (where GMP is paid instead of Serps) salary-related schemes, the entire sector will see recurrent funding savings of Pounds 90m.
Children's entertainment seems to have been a recurrent theme of those tense negotiations. During them, Hanley was said to have been accused of introducing 'Blue Peter documents'.
Similar to a low-grade infection, it goes untreated and will later stimulate recurrent drug use or other selfdamaging behavior.
A recurrent problem for any editor is Johnson's hand-writing, which is often difficult to decipher. Chapman spotted mistakes made by earlier editors but then went on to make some of his own.
Once GLIADEL(R) is available for marketing in the ten European nations, it will be used as an adjunct to surgery in patients with recurrent GBM for whom surgical resection is indicated.
"This is the latest manifestation of the capacity of the financial community for recurrent insanity," says Mr. Galbraith, an economist.
The executive is fed up with recurrent rumors that CooperVision might be acquired or go private.
It is characterized by recurrent thoughts of the trauma, reduced involvement in work or outside interests, hyperalertness, anxiety and irritability.
Herbert J. Kazmierzak, chairman of Frankfurt-based Helaba, confirmed recurrent speculation that the two banks have been examining merger models since the beginning of the year.
And his powerful challenge to democracy is an ever recurrent one that all principled democrats should be prepared to meet.