recurrent
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repeatedly happening or reappearing, often at regular intervals
- Patients suffering from recurrent bouts of depression often need long-term medication and therapy.
- Researchers tracked recurrent neural patterns activated during dreaming and REM sleep cycles.
- Wildlife managers implemented measures to protect birds from recurrent habitat loss threatening populations.
- The recurrent flooding in the area has caused residents to evacuate multiple times.
- He suffers from recurrent headaches, which disrupt his work every few weeks.
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(of a nerve or vein) bent in such a way that it reverses the direction
- The recurrent laryngeal nerve loops around the aorta before traveling back up to the larynx.
- During surgery, the surgeon carefully avoided damaging the recurrent nerve to prevent vocal cord paralysis.
- The recurrent artery supplies blood to the elbow joint by curving back towards the upper arm.
- Anatomical variations in the recurrent nerve can sometimes lead to complications during thyroid surgery.
- The recurrent branch of the median nerve is responsible for controlling thumb movements after reversing its course into the hand.