\Re*cur"rent\ (-rent), a. [L. recurrens, -entis, p.
pr. of recurrere: cf.F. r['e]current. See {Recur}.]
1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent
   pains.

2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent
   nerve or artery.

{Recurrent fever}. (Med.) See {Relapsing fever}, under
   {Relapsing}.

{Recurrent pulse} (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears
   (when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the
   distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries
   of the palm of the hand.

{Recurrent sensibility} (Physiol.), the sensibility
   manifested by the anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal
   cord (their stimulation causing pain) owing to the
   presence of sensory fibers from the corresponding sensory
   or posterior roots.