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RECURRENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Recurring again and again
Example:
perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements
Synonyms:
perennial; recurrent; repeated
Classified under:
Similar:
continual (recurring regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series)
Derivation:
recur (happen or occur again)
recurrence (happening again (especially at regular intervals))
Context examples:
A drug used to treat advanced breast cancer and to prevent recurrent breast cancer in postmenopausal women who have already been treated with tamoxifen.
(Aromasin, NCI Dictionary)
The term refers to precursor lymphoid neoplasms which are composed of B-lymphoblasts and characterized by the presence of recurrent genetic abnormalities.
(B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma with Recurrent Genetic Abnormalities, NCI Thesaurus)
The term refers to precursor lymphoid neoplasms which are composed of B-lymphoblasts and characterized by the absence of recurrent genetic abnormalities.
(B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, Not Otherwise Specified, NCI Thesaurus)
Recurrent three-way translocations of BCL7A with MYC and IGH occur in a high-grade B cell non-Hodgkin (Burkitt) lymphoma; the N-terminal BCL7A region is disrupted.
(BCL7A Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
Common features of this disorder are mental retardation, developmental delays and recurrent respiratory infections.
(Beta-Mannosidosis, NCI Thesaurus)
Boron neutron capture therapy is being studied as a treatment for glioblastoma multiforme and recurrent head and neck cancer.
(Boron neutron capture therapy, NCI Dictionary)
A rare genetic neoplastic disorder with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance characterized by multiple, recurrent skin cancers that spontaneously resolve.
(Multiple Self Healing Epithelioma of Ferguson-Smith, NCI Thesaurus)
Palliative cancer therapies are given together with other cancer treatments, from the time of diagnosis, through treatment, survivorship, recurrent or advanced disease, and at the end of life.
(Palliative therapy, NCI Dictionary)
A disorder in which an individual experiences recurrent, unexpected panic attacks and persistent concern about having additional panic attacks.
(Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia, NCI Thesaurus)
A percutaneous coronary intervention is necessary for a myocardial infarction that presents with ST segment elevation and the subject does not have recurrent or persistent symptoms, symptoms of heart failure or ventricular arrhythmia.
(Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction-Stable-Over 12 Hours From Symptom Onset, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
