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Princeton's WordNet

  1. recrudescentadjective

    the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement

    "the patient presented with a case of recrudescent gastralgia"

Wiktionary

  1. recrudescentadjective

    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.

  2. recrudescentadjective

    growing raw, sore, or painful again

  3. Etymology: From the Latin recrudescere "to become raw again"; from re- + crudescere "to become hard or raw"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Recrudescentadjective

    Growing painful or violent again.

    Etymology: recrudescens, Lat.

ChatGPT

  1. recrudescent

    Recrudescent refers to something that renews or revives after a period of inactivity, dormancy, or decline. It's often used in the context of diseases or conditions that break out again or come back to prominence. It also can refer to problems or issues that recur after being dormant or seemingly resolved.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Recrudescentadjective

    growing raw, sore, or painful again

  2. Recrudescentadjective

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

  3. Etymology: [L. recrudescens, -entis, p. pr. of recrudescere to become raw again; pref. re- re- + crudescere to become hard or raw: cf. F. recrudescent.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Recrudescent

    rē-krōō-des′ent, adj. growing sore or painful again.—v.i. Recrudesce′, to become raw again: to be renewed.—ns. Recrudes′cence, Recru′dency, Recrudes′cency, the state of becoming sore again: a state of relapse: (med.) increased activity after recovery: (bot.) the production of a fresh shoot from a ripened spike. [L. recrudescens, -entis, pr.p. of recrudescĕre, to become raw again—re-, again, crudescĕre, to become raw—crudis, crude.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of recrudescent in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of recrudescent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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