Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exacerbation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Exacerbation \Ex*ac`er*ba"tion\n. [Cf. F. exacerbation.]
1. The act rendering more violent or bitter; the state of
being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity;
as, exacerbation of passion.
2. (Med.) A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as
in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of
diseased and painful action.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exacerbation
n 1: action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms)
worse; "the aggravation of her condition resulted from
lack of care" [syn: {aggravation}]
2: violent and bitter exasperation; "his foolishness was
followed by an exacerbation of their quarrel"
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