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Added 8 October 2026

recurrence

/rəˈkɝ.əns/ noun

Latin root: recurrentia Wiktionary

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Return or reversion to a certain state.
The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence.
A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.

Origin

From recurrent + -ence, cognate with Latin recurrentia, from recurrēns (“returning back, recurring”), form of recurrō (“to return, to recur”) (English recur).

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