recrudescence
UK /ˌɹiːkɹuːˈdɛs(ə)ns/ · US /ˌɹikɹuˈdɛs(ə)ns/ noun
Forms recrudescences
- noun The condition or state being recrudescent; the condition of something (often undesirable) breaking out again, or re-emerging after temporary abatement or suppression.
- noun (medicine, by extension) The acute recurrence of a disease, or its symptoms, after a period of improvement.
- noun (botany) The production of a fresh shoot from a ripened spike.
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Etymology
From Late Latin recrūdēscentia, from Latin recrūdēscēns, present participle of recrūdēscere (“to recrudesce”), from recrūdēscō (“(of a wound) to break open again; (of a fight, sedition,...) to break out again, be rekindled”); from re- (“again”) + crūdēscō (“to grow harsh or violent; to become worse”) (from crūdus (“bleeding, bloody, raw”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“blood outside the body”)) + -ēscō (suffix forming verbs indicating a becoming of something)). The word is cognate with French recrudescence, Italian recrudescenza, Spanish recrudescencia, recrudecimiento.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The state or condition of being recrudescent.
- noun Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission.
Etymology [Cf. F. recrudescence.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “recrudescence”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details