MEANING
1. A renewed increase or return of disease activity after it has lessened.
2. A renewed outbreak or strengthening of something troublesome after a period of decline.
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- a recrudescence of symptoms
- disease recrudescence
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The doctor recorded a recrudescence of the fever.
They feared a recrudescence after the symptoms had briefly subsided.
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular recrudescence; plural recrudescences. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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