recrudescent

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Definition of recrudescent in English English dictionary

growing raw, sore, or painful again

breaking out again or reemerging after temporary abatement or suppression

usage: This seems to be a recrudescent strain of the plague rather than a new disease altogether.

becoming raw or sore again

{a} growing painful or bad again

{s} breaking out again, erupting again, reappearing (disease)

Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic

Hyphenation

re·cru·des·cent

Etymology

[ -s&nt ] (adjective.) circa 1727. From the Latin recrudescere "to become raw again"; from re- + crudescere "to become hard or raw"