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recrudescent

recrudescent


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Recrudescent  \Re`cru*des"cent\  (-sent),  a.  [L.  recrudescens, 
  -entis,  p.  pr  of  recrudescere  to  become  raw  again  pref.  re- 
  re-  +  crudescere  to  become  hard  or  raw:  cf  F.  recrudescent.] 
  1.  Growing  raw,  sore,  or  painful  again 
 
  2.  Breaking  out  again  after  temporary  abatement  or 
  supression;  as  a  recrudescent  epidemic.