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  • noun Plural form of recurrence.

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Examples

  • "For the first time, one single application of a 50mg dose acyclovir delivered through MBT is able to prevent the occurrence of vesicular lesions and to have an impact upon long term recurrences of oro-facial herpes episodes.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009

  • 'But,' said Dare, 'I arrived here with a hundred napoleons and more, expressly to work out my theory of chances and recurrences, which is sound; I have studied it hundreds of times by the help of this.'

    A Laodicean : a Story of To-day Thomas Hardy 1884

  • The diagnoses of our cancer recurrences ( "recurrences" being one of those misnomers we simply endure) tumbled out upon one another by days, and I felt — and feel — connected to a man who loved what I loved, although we came to nearly every argument from opposite corners of the ring.

    Finding Common Cause 2008

  • Eduardo, Theo Walcott and Cesc Fabregas, to name but three, have suffered injuries described as "recurrences" shortly after returning to action.

    Evening Standard - Home 2010

  • Cesc Fabregas, to name but three, have suffered injuries described as "recurrences" shortly after returning to action.

    Evening Standard - Home 2010

  • On a level related to the first from recurrences emerges a waveform.

    Epiphenomenal Glider stephen hastings-king 2011

  • But after a couple of weeks of feeling depressed, and despite a few episodic recurrences when he tried and failed to assume other responsibilities, Walter did as he was told with as much cheer as he could muster.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • Full of strange, halting cadences and haunting recurrences, it was not beautiful.

    The Sun of the Wolf 2010

  • These recurrences happen around ten years after treatment with peak recurrences between ten and twenty years from the initial treatment.

    Marcia G. Yerman: An Interview with Dr. Diane M. Harper, HPV Expert Marcia G. Yerman 2010

  • They're used now to prevent recurrences in breast cancer patients who are past menopause, and doctors have long suspected they may help prevent initial cases, too.

    Breast Cancer Risk May Be Cut With Hormone-Blocker Aromasin In Some Groups The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

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