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recrudescence


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Recrudescence  \Re`cru*des"cence\  (r?`kr?*d?s"sens), 
  Recrudescency  \Re`cru*des`cen*cy\  (-d?s"sen*s?),  n.  [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.)  Increased  severity  of  a  disease  after  temporary 
  remission.  --Dunglison. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  recrudescence 
  n  :  a  return  of  something  after  a  period  of  abatement;  "a 
  recrudescence  of  racism" 




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