recrudescence

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the renewed outbreak or return of something undesirable after a period of decline or inactivity

   The ceasefire was followed by a sudden recrudescence of fighting along the border.

2. 2
   noun

   the acute return of a disease or its symptoms after temporary improvement

   Doctors monitored the patient for any recrudescence of the infection.

Via French recrudescence from Late Latin recrudescentia, based on Latin recrudescere ('to become raw again; break out afresh'), from re- ('again') + crudus ('raw, bloody'). The medical sense of a wound or disease worsening broadened to any renewed outbreak.

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