recrudescence : Idioms & Phrases

Re`cru*des"cence, Re`cru*des`cen*cy noun (Also<

• Recrudescence rkrdssens
• Recrudescency

)

Etymology

Cf. F. recrudescence.

Definitions

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.

Webster 1913