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
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