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recrudescence

rec·ru·des·cence

UK/ˌɹiːkɹuːˈdɛs(ə)ns/ US/ˌɹɛ-/ uncommon

noun

1.

a return of something after a period of abatement

  • “a recrudescence of racism”
  • “a recrudescence of the symptoms”

Origin

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.

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