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re|cru|des|cence
re|cru|des|cence «REE kroo DEHS uhns», noun.
a breaking out afresh; renewed activity: »

the recrudescence of an influenza epidemic.

SYNONYM(S): return, recurrence.
[< Latin recrūdēscēns, -entis, present participle of recrūdēscere; see etym. under recrudesce (Cf.recrudesce)]

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  • des — des·ca·mi·sa·do; des·cant·er; des·cant·ist; des·cartes s; des·cart·ian; des·ce·met s; des·champ·sia; des·cha·pelles; des·cloi·zite; des·cort; des·cri·able; des·cri·al; des·cri·er; des·cu·rain·ia; des·e·crat·er; des·e·cra·tion; des·er·et;… …   English syllables

  • cence — acau·les·cence; ac·cres·cence; ac·qui·es·cence; ad·ja·cence; ad·o·les·cence; ad·u·la·res·cence; al·ka·les·cence; an·o·do·lu·mi·nes·cence; ar·bo·res·cence; be·nef·i·cence; cal·o·res·cence; can·des·cence; cath·o·do·flu·o·res·cence;… …   English syllables

  • cru — an·a·cru·sis; chlo·ro·cru·o·rin; co·me·cru·do; cru; cru·cet·house; cru·cial; cru·ci·al·i·ty; cru·cial·ly; cru·cian; cru·cia·nel·la; cru·cib·u·lum; cru·ci·fer; cru·cif·er·ae; cru·cif·er·ous; cru·ci·fi·er; cru·ci·fix; cru·ci·fix·ion; cru·ci·fy;… …   English syllables

  • recrudescence — re·cru·des·cence …   English syllables

  • Re — Re; re·able; re·absorb; re·absorption; re·accept; re·access; re·accession; re·acclimatization; re·acclimatize; re·accommodate; re·accommodation; re·accounting; re·accredit; re·accreditation; re·acetylation; re·acknowledge; re·acquaint;… …   English syllables

  • Recrudescence — Reappearance of a disease after it has been quiescent. A new outbreak or the return of a disease. As, for example, the recrudescence of a pansinusitis (sinusitis, an infection involving all of the sinuses). The original meaning of recrudence was… …   Medical dictionary

  • recrudesce — re•cru•desce [[t]ˌri kruˈdɛs[/t]] v. i. desced, desc•ing to break out afresh, as a sore or a disease that has been quiescent; erupt • Etymology: 1880–85; < L recrūdēscere to become raw again < re re +crūdēscere to grow harsh, worse… …   From formal English to slang

  • Recrudescence — Re cru*des cence (r? kr?*d?s sens), Recrudescency Re cru*des cen*cy ( d?s sen*s?), n. [Cf. F. recrudescence.] [1913 Webster] 1. The state or condition of being recrudescent. [1913 Webster] A recrudescence of barbarism may condemn it [land] to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Recrudescency — Recrudescence Re cru*des cence (r? kr?*d?s sens), Recrudescency Re cru*des cen*cy ( d?s sen*s?), n. [Cf. F. recrudescence.] [1913 Webster] 1. The state or condition of being recrudescent. [1913 Webster] A recrudescence of barbarism may condemn it …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • decrudescence — Abatement of the symptoms of disease. [L. de, from, + crudesco, to become worse, fr. crudus, crude] * * * de·cru·des·cence (de″kroo desґəns) diminution or abatement of the intensity of symptoms or physical signs …   Medical dictionary

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