Hypertext Webster Gateway: "recrudescence"
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) 1.7 (wn)
recrudescence
n : a return of something after a period of abatement; "a
recrudescence of racism"; "a recrudescence of the
symptoms"
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