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A return of something after a period of abatement
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recrudescence
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Recrudescence is the revival of material or behavior that had previously been stabilized, settled, or diminished. In medicine, it is the recurrence of symptoms in a patient whose blood stream infection has previously been at such a low level as not to be ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a return of something after a period of abatement; "a recrudescence of racism"; "a recrudescence of the symptoms"
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Recrudescence \Re`cru*des"cence\ (r?`kr?*d?s"sens), Recrudescency \Re`cru*des`cen*cy\ (-d?s"sen*s?), n. [Cf. F. recrudescence.] The state or condition of being recrudescent. A recrudescence of barbarism may condemn it [land] to chronic poverty and waste. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The state or condition of being recrudescent. 2 (context medicine English) the acute recurrence of a disease, or its symptoms, after a period of improvement
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1707, "a becoming raw again, a breaking out afresh," from stem of Latin recrudescere "re-open" (of wounds), literally "become raw again," from re- "again" (see re- ) + crudescere , from crudus "raw" (see crude (adj.)) + inchoative suffix -escere . Meaning ...
Usage examples of recrudescence.
Every successive revolutionary disturbance in Naples saw a recrudescence of brigandage down to the unification of 1860-1861, and then it was years before the Italian government rooted it out.
The result of this recrudescence of affection was the appearance of two pontifical bulls, converting the towns of Nepi and Sermoneta into duchies: one was bestowed on Gian Bargia, an illegitimate child of the pope, who was not the son of either of his mistresses, Rosa Vanozza or Giulia Farnese, the other an Don Roderigo of Aragon, son of Lucrezia and Alfonso: the lands of the Colonna were in appanage to the two duchies.
For, not only did Babygirl suffer such insult and ignominy at the hands of the very man who, of all the world, was most responsible for her emotional well-being, not only was she groggy in the aftermath of only dimly remembered physical trauma, running the risk, as she sensed, of infection, sterility, and a recrudescence of her old female maladies-not only this but she was obliged to clean up the mess next morning, who else.
Harsch raised his hand to Cluet, a recrudescence of hope making him gangle again.
This was closer than ever he remembered approaching Quarmal, and strange qualms filled his mind, recrudescences of childish old wives’ tales.