: a new occurrence of something that happened or appeared before : a repeated occurrence
Scientists are working to lower the disease's rate of recurrence.
Long-term drug therapy is associated with frequent recurrences and adverse effects, however. Melvin M. Scheinman
The hypoallergenic diet is restored until the itching and scratching again disappear, following which potential allergens from the original diet are restored sequentially, one by one, into the dog's meals and the owner looks for indications of the allergy's recurrence. Tom Ewing
As a familiar shape its exact meaning may have been lost to some of the craftsmen who used it; however, its recurrence on a whole group of gravestones in Davidson County, North Carolina, suggests an association there with hope, rebirth, and the cycle of life and death. Jessie Poesch
The shortage is a result of a decline in Treasury issuance as well as banks' strengthening their balance sheets in preparation for rules designed to prevent a recurrence of the 2008 financial crisis. Peter Coy and Liz Capo McCormick
ADJECTIVE | VERB + RECURRENCE | RECURRENCE + VERB | RECURRENCE + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤frequent經常發作➤cancer, disease, tumour/tumor, ulcer, etc.癌症、疾病、腫瘤、潰瘍等復發VERB + RECURRENCE➤avoid, prevent避免/防止復發➤decrease, reduce減少復發▸➤develop, experience, have, suffer復發;遭受復發(之苦)◇He has suffered a recurrence of his hamstring injury.他的膕繩肌傷再次復發。RECURRENCE + VERB➤be common, be frequent復發常見/頻繁RECURRENCE + NOUN➤rate復發率◇a potentially fatal disease with a high recurrence rate一種復發率很高的致命性疾病PHRASES➤the likelihood of a recurrence, the risk of recurrence復發的可能性/風險◇a high risk of recurrence高復發風險