Re-cūr'rent, a.

a. [Lat. recurrens, p. pr. of recurrere; Fr. récurrent, Sp. recurrente, It. ricorrente. See RECUR.] Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains of a disease.

Recurrent crystal (Crystallog.), a crystal whose faces, being counted in annular ranges from one extremity to the other, furnish two different numbers which succeed each other several times, as 4, 8, 4, 8, 4. — Recurrent nerve (Anat.), a branch of the par vagum, given off in the upper part of the thorax, which is reflected and runs up along the trachea to the larynx. Wistar. — Recurrent sensibility (Physiol.), the sensibility manifested by the anterior or motor roots of the spinal cord, which is dependent upon the integrity of the corresponding posterior or sensory roots.