recrudescence
The condition or state being recrudescentThe condition or state being recrudescent; the condition of something (often undesirable) breaking out again, or re-emerging after temporary abatement or suppression.
» The recrudescence of his old complaint was disheartening.
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)The condition or state being recrudescent; the condition of something (often undesirable) breaking out again, or re-emerging after temporary abatement or suppression.
Wiedererstarken
(broadly, countable, uncountable)The acute recurrence of a disease, or its symptoms, after a period of improvement.
рециди́вrecidív, обостре́ниеobostrénije
a return of something after a period of abatement
(countable, uncountable)The production of a fresh shoot from a ripened spike.
Examples
1 sentencesThe recrudescence of his old complaint was disheartening.
Translations
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Origin
From Late Latin recrūdēscentia, from Latin recrūdēscēns, present participle of recrūdēscerFrom 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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Forms
plural: recrudescences| Singular | recrudescence |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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