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recrudescent

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re⋅cru⋅des⋅cence

  [ree-kroo-des-uhns]
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–noun
breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.
Also, re⋅cru⋅des⋅cen⋅cy.

Origin:
1715–25; < L recrūdēsc(ere) to recrudesce + -ence

Related forms:
re⋅cru⋅des⋅cent, adjective
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re·cru·desce   (rē'krōō-děs')   
intr.v.   re·cru·desced, re·cru·desc·ing, re·cru·desc·es
To break out anew or come into renewed activity, as after a period of quiescence.

[Latin recrūdēscere, to grow raw again : re-, re- + crūdēscere, to get worse (from crūdus, raw; see kreuə- in Indo-European roots).]
re'cru·des'cence n., re'cru·des'cent adj.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·cru·des·cence
Pronunciation: "rE-krü-'des-&n(t)s
Function: noun
: increased severity of a diseaseafter a remission; also : recurrence of a disease after a brief intermission —compare RELAPSE

Main Entry: re·cru·des·cent
Pronunciation: -'des-&nt
Function: adjective
: breaking out again : renewing diseaseafter abatement, suppression, or cessation recrudescent typhus>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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