recrudescence

recrudescence

 [re″kroo-des´ens]

recurrence of symptoms after temporary abatement; a recrudescence occurs after some days or weeks, a relapse after weeks or months. adj., adj recrudes´cent.

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re·cru·des·cence

(rē'krū-des'ĕns),

Resumption of a morbid process or its symptoms after a period of remission.

[L. re-crudesco, to become raw again, break out afresh, fr. crudus, raw, harsh]

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recrudescence

Reappearance of a disease after a quiescent stage; recurrence; relapse

McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

re·cru·des·cence

(rē'krū-des'ĕns)

Resumption of a morbid process or its symptoms after a period of remission.

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recrudescence

the renewal of growth.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

re·cru·des·cence

(rē'krū-des'ĕns)

Resumption of morbid process or symptoms after remission.

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