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recrudescence

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re·cru·desce  (rkr-ds)
intr.v. re·cru·desced, re·cru·desc·ing, re·cru·desc·es
To break out anew or come into renewed activity, as after a period of quiescence.
[Latin recrdscere, to grow raw again : re-, re- + crdscere, to get worse (from crdus, raw; see kreu- in Indo-European roots).]
recru·descence n.
recru·descent adj.
recrudescence
the process of renewal or rebirth. — recrudescent, adj.
See also: Processes
the process of renewal or rebirth. — recrudescent, adj.
See also: Birth
the return of an illness after a period of remission. — recrudescent, adj.
See also: Disease and Illness
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Noun1.recrudescence - a return of something after a period of abatement; "a recrudescence of racism"; "a recrudescence of the symptoms"
outbreak, irruption, eruption - a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"
Translations
recrudescence [ˌriːkruːˈdesns] N (liter) → recrudescencia f, recrudecimiento m


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He had been to the working-class picnics too often in his earlier life not to know what they were like, and as he entered the park he experienced a recrudescence of all the old sensations.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
The lion was forgotten--her own peril--everything save the wondrous miracle of this strange recrudescence.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
And the dwindling shreds of the humanity still startled me every now and then,--a momentary recrudescence of speech perhaps, an unexpected dexterity of the fore-feet, a pitiful attempt to walk erect.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
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