recurrence
Coming back around
Recurrence is the act of something happening again, especially something undesirable that had stopped or been resolved.
A recurrence of cancer means the disease has returned after a period of remission.
There was a recurrence of violence in the region after the ceasefire collapsed.
The word implies repetition of a specific prior event rather than mere frequency—you wouldn't speak of the recurrence of breakfast, but you might note the recurrence of a troubling dream.
Repeating sequence of events
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- periodicityRecurring at regular intervals
- intervalDuration between two points
- frequencyRate of recurrence
regularity · cadence · repetition · sequence · timing · oscillation · fluctuation · schedule
Coming back into view
- comebackRecovery after decline
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
- revivalReturn after decline
- renewalMaking current again
reemergence · restoration · recrudescence · repetition · cyclicality · homecoming · revisitation · relapse
Process invoking itself
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- seriesOrdered set of related items
loop · function · formula · fractal · theorem · computation · induction · probability
Return to former illness
- remissionTemporary disease absence
- recrudescenceReturn after dormancy
- flare-upSudden recurrence of symptoms
- reinfectionSubsequent infection, same disease
metastasis · outbreak · symptom · prognosis · malignancy · tumor · lesion · chronic
Regular sequence of actions
- habitSettled regular tendency
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- customHabitual group practice
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
tradition · pattern · tendency · repetition · regularity · compulsion · obsession · propensity
cycle
Repeating sequence of events
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- periodicityRecurring at regular intervals
- intervalDuration between two points
frequency · regularity · cadence · repetition · sequence · timing · oscillation · fluctuation · schedule · iteration
reappearance
Coming back into view
- comebackRecovery after decline
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
- revivalReturn after decline
renewal · reemergence · restoration · recrudescence · repetition · cyclicality · homecoming · revisitation · relapse · regression
recursion
Process invoking itself
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
series · loop · function · formula · fractal · theorem · computation · induction · probability · stochastic
relapse
Return to former illness
- remissionTemporary disease absence
- recrudescenceReturn after dormancy
- flare-upSudden recurrence of symptoms
reinfection · metastasis · outbreak · symptom · prognosis · malignancy · tumor · lesion · chronic · reactivation
routine
Regular sequence of actions
practice · tradition · pattern · tendency · repetition · regularity · compulsion · obsession · propensity · inclination
- timesecond, minute, hour, day, seconds
- cycleslife cycle, cycle, circle of life, cycles, period
- repetitionagain, repeat, repeated, reiteration, redo
- routineroutine, regularity, habit, pattern, daily routine
- Cancermalignant, carcinoma, metastasis, tumor growth, staging
- oncologycancer, tumor, carcinoma, metastasis, malignancy
recurrenceone-off
Singular, unrepeated instance
singularity · nonrecurrence · anomaly · aberration · rarity
recurrencecessation
A full stopping
disappearance · termination · end · nonrecurrence · ending
recurrencedisappearance
Act of going missing
vanishing · elimination · eradication · extinction · absence
- recurrent infectionsRepeatedly returning illness episodes
- recurrence relationFormula where terms depend on earlier ones
- recurrent depressionEpisodic depressive condition
recurrence relation, recurrence relations, recurrent, recurrently, recurrences