What's the difference between recur and repetitive?

Recur


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.
  • (v. i.) To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.
  • (v. i.) To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A number of recurring chromosomal abnormalities have been identified in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
  • (2) Although patients treated with postoperative radiation therapy showed significantly extended survival rates as compared to those receiving surgical resection alone, the glioblastoma recurred within a 2cm margin of the primary site in more than 90% of the patients and conventional external radiation therapy with a doses of 50-60 Gy did not result in local cure.
  • (3) Percutaneous tenotomy performed only in patients recurring after temporary cure, drops the rate of recurrences to 13%.
  • (4) Ventricular tachycardia did not recur and remained noninducible in two of six patients who tolerated oral nadolol alone.
  • (5) Following the surgery, one patient continued to exhibit PLEDs but clinical seizures were absent PLEDs recurred in the second patient due to inadequate anticonvulsant medication.
  • (6) It was concluded that enhanced pressure responsiveness to recurring stress might induce or at least sustain LVH in hypertensives, due to enhanced alpha-adrenoceptor responsiveness.
  • (7) We are reporting the case of a 23-yr-old patient who had recurring episodes of acute pancreatitis characterized by the typical abdominal pain, elevated serum levels of pancreatic enzymes, and enlargement of the pancreas and edema on sonogram.
  • (8) When the condylomata recur, or when the patient has AIDS, the lesions should be examined histologically for evidence of premalignant or malignant degeneration.
  • (9) In the first case, the patient initially underwent surgical resection of the mass and received systemic chemotherapy, but the cyst recurred 2 months later.
  • (10) Spitz's nevi recur uncommonly following initial removal.
  • (11) In general, group II lesions affected children at an earlier age, were larger at the time of diagnosis, and recurred more frequently.
  • (12) These spontaneous alpha, response beta, modulatory gamma, and frequency-divided delta rhythms reveal a collateral neuroendocrine hierarchy, characterized by the pineal feedsideward phenomenon, as a feature of interactions recurring with circadian and infradian frequencies.
  • (13) Conversely, when obesity was permitted to recur by giving the mice free access to food, PRL levels reverted back to the original obese pattern.
  • (14) Haplotype analysis revealed that the Val----Met mutation has recurred frequently in the population to generate the FAP families of independent origins.
  • (15) Symptomatic hypercalcemia recurred during lactation after each of two pregnancies, associated with increased bone turnover (rise in ALP, osteocalcin, and urine hydroxyproline excretion) which appeared to be independent of changes in major calcium-regulating hormones.
  • (16) However, atrial flutter often recurs despite the use of these conventional antiarrhythmic regimens.
  • (17) After four hours, symptoms recurred much more often in the placebo group.
  • (18) Intricate is the key word, as screwball dialogue plays off layered wordplay, recurring jokes and referential callbacks to build to the sort of laughs that hit you twice: an initial belly laugh followed, a few minutes later, by the crafty laugh of recognition.
  • (19) In older patients, these rather poorly differentiated tumors recur locally after excision in 50%-80% of cases depending on the organ site involved.
  • (20) If the pain recurred a second time, RF lesions were made if the pain was in the second or third division.

Repetitive


Definition:

  • (a.) Containing repetition; repeating.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The results of the evaluation confirm that most problems seen by first level medical personnel in developing countries are simple, repetitive, and treatable at home or by a paramedical worker with a few safe, essential drugs, thus avoiding unnecessary visits to a doctor.
  • (2) This modulation results from repetitive, alternating bursts of excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials, which are caused at least in part by synaptic feedback to the command neurons from identified classes of neurons in the feeding network.
  • (3) This promotion of repetitive activity by the introduction of additional potassium channels occurred up to an "optimal" value beyond which a further increase in paranodal potassium permeability narrowed the range of currents with a repetitive response.
  • (4) This condition may be caused by the prolonged, repetitive elevations of gonadal steroids and other hormones known to suppress gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion that are elicited by their daily exercise.
  • (5) Two hours after the administration, the combinations of ethanol plus diazepam and ethanol plus meclophenoxate impaired significantly the number of necessary repetitions.
  • (6) This effect of adrenalectomy on MNE excitability was further demonstrated by recording directly the neostigmine-induced repetitive neural discharges responsible for the muscle fasciculations.
  • (7) The fifth plasmid contains sequences which are repeated in the yeast genome, but it is not known whether any or all of the ribosomal protein gene on this clone contains repetitive DNA.
  • (8) For further education, this would be my priority: a substantial increase in funding and an end to tinkering with the form of qualifications and bland repetition of the “parity of esteem” trope.
  • (9) As the frequency of the stimulus bursts was progressively changed, the sinoatrial (SA) nodal pacemaker cells became synchronized with the repetitive bursts of stimuli over a certain range of burst frequencies.
  • (10) Light-induced cone shortening provides a useful model for stuying nonmuscle contraction because it is linear, slow, and repetitive.
  • (11) The average repetitive yields and initial coupling of proteins spotted or blotted into PVDF membranes ranged between 84-98% and 30-108% respectively, and were comparable with the yields measured for proteins spotted onto Polybrene-coated glass fiber discs.
  • (12) Analytic therapy aims at converting transference as repetition of behaviour into recollection.
  • (13) Effects were monitored electrophysiologically by repetitive nerve stimulation and by standardized clinical testing.
  • (14) Variations in image orientation, repetition time (TR), and flip angle were evaluated to determine their effects on flow-related enhancement.
  • (15) Instead, a repetitive, stepwise dissolution pattern was observed.
  • (16) Studies in cattle assessing changes in number and size of antral follicles, concentrations of estradiol, androgens and progesterone in serum and follicular fluid, and numbers of gonadotropin receptors per follicle during repetitive estrous cycles and postpartum anestrus are reviewed.
  • (17) This decrease was associated with a release of lactate and inorganic phosphate during the repetitive periods of reperfusion.
  • (18) His bundle recordings and premature atrial stimulation from coronary sinus, mid-right atrium and high-right atrium were performed in a patient with repetitive supraventricular tachycardias.
  • (19) The torques, although not large enough to dislodge the socket immediately, are repetitive and so may contribute to loosening.
  • (20) Dissociated culture of adult mouse dorsal root ganglion cells on glass plates, on which grating-associated microstructures (a repetition of microgrooves [mGRV] and microsteps [mSTP] of 0.1-10 micron) are fabricated by the conventional lithographic techniques, represents a remarkable bi-directional growth of their nerve fibers in the axial direction of the grating.