RETROCEDENT

Adjective

retrocedent (comparative more retrocedent, superlative most retrocedent)

Tending to retrocede; moving backwards.

(medicine) Of gout, an attack in which surface symptoms such as joint inflammation disappear suddenly, and are replaced by affections of the internal organs.

Source: Wiktionary

Re`tro*ced"ent, a. Etym: [L. retrocedens, p. pr.]

Definition: Disposed or likely to retrocede; -- said of diseases which go from one part of the body to another, as the gout.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition