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recurrent

adjective
  1. Recurring; happening time after time.

    "The patient complained of recurrent chest pain."

    Similar: perennial, repetitious

  2. (stochastic processes, of a state) Non-transient.

    Similar: persistent

  3. Running back toward its origin.

    "a recurrent nerve or artery"

Synonymsperennial, repetitious, persistent
Antonymsprecurrent, transient

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