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noun
breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.
Also, re·cru·des·cen·cy.
Related forms
re·cru·des·cent, adjective
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Recrudescence
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Word Origin & History
recrudescence
1721, from L. recrudescere "re-open" (of wounds), lit. "become raw again," from re- "again" + crudescere, from crudus "raw" (see crude) + inchoative suffix -escere.
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Medical Dictionary
recrudescence re·cru·des·cence (rē'kr&oomacr;-děs'əns)
n.
A recurrence of a pathological process or its symptoms after a period of improvement or quiesence.
re'cru·desce' v.
re'cru·des'cent adj.
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