RECRUDESCENCE

recrudescence

(noun) a return of something after a period of abatement; “a recrudescence of racism”; “a recrudescence of the symptoms”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

recrudescence (countable and uncountable, plural recrudescences)

The condition or state being recrudescent; the condition of something (often undesirable) breaking out again, or re-emerging after temporary abatement or suppression. [from mid 17th c.]

Synonyms: recrudency (archaic), reincrudation (obsolete)

(medicine, by extension) The acute recurrence of a disease, or its symptoms, after a period of improvement.

(botany) The production of a fresh shoot from a ripened spike.

Hypernyms

• recurrence

• reemergence

Source: Wiktionary


Re`cru*des"cence (r`kr*ds"sens), Re`cru*des`cen*cy (-ds"sen*s), n. Etym: [Cf. F. recrudescence.]

1. The state or condition of being recrudescent. A recrudescence of barbarism may condemn it [land] to chronic poverty and waste. Duke of Argyll.

2. (Med.)

Definition: Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission. Dunglison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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