recrudescence

Meaning

1. (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.
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The acute recurrence of a disease, or its symptoms, after a period of improvement.
3. (countable, uncountable) The production of a fresh shoot from a ripened spike.

Synonyms

relapse

renewal

reappearance

recidivism

setback

aggravation

reapparition

exacerbation

Translations

recrudescenza

υποτροπή

recrudescència

erneutes Auftreten

recrudescence

recrudecimiento

recrudescencia

υποτροπίαση

récidive

recidiva

Rezidiv

recidief

opleving

recrudescência

επανεμφάνιση

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɹiːkɹuːˈdɛs(ə)ns/

Etymology

Cognate with French: recrudescence

Cognate with Italian: recrudescenza

Cognate with Spanish: recrudescencia

In summary

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.