The Collaborative International Dictionary
Recurrent \Re*cur"rent\ (-rent), a. [L. recurrens, -entis, p. pr. of recurrere: cf.F. r['e]current. See Recur.]
Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.
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(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.
WordNet
n. marked by recurring high fever and transmitted by the bite of infected lice or ticks; characterized by episodes of high fever and chills and headache and muscle pain and nausea that recur every week or ten days for several months [syn: relapsing fever]
Usage examples of "recurrent fever".
His wound was bandaged, and the doctor reckoned it should heal swiftly enough, but there was a danger that the Colonel's recurrent fever might return.
I had hoped this recurrent fever had broken for good, though I&rsquo.
I had hoped this recurrent fever had broken for good, though I've noted a decline in your usual vigorous spirits of late.
The dank smell of the cellar of a farmhouse in Chateauneuf came back again and again like recurrent fever.