recrudescence
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- recrudescent adjective
Etymology
Origin of recrudescence
First recorded in 1715–25; from Latin recrūdēsc(ere) “to recrudesce ” + -ence
Example Sentences
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Who would benefit from the end of community fluoridation and a recrudescence of tooth decay?
From Los Angeles Times
“I don’t think this is reinfection. I think this is recrudescence of the original infection.”
From Washington Post
“If there’s recrudescence happening frequently, and people are getting severely ill the second time around, that’s potentially its own problem,” she said.
From Seattle Times
Either way, she says there can be a “recrudescence of symptomatology”.
From The Guardian
What many would see as a remarkable stroke of good fortune is eclipsed in Garrett’s telling by the recrudescence of fears and frustrations that he had briefly consigned to the past.
From Washington Post
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