Category:Recrudescence

Re`cru*des"cence (r`kr*ds"sens), re`cru*des`cen*cy (-ds"sen*s), n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: increased severity of a disease after temporary remission. Dunglison.