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Recrudescent

//ˌɹɛkɹu(ː)ˈdɛsənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Breaking out again or reemerging after temporary abatement or suppression. not-comparable

    "This seems to be a recrudescent strain of the plague rather than a wholly new disease."

  2. 2
    Growing raw, sore, or painful again. archaic, not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement wordnet

Etymology

From Latin recrūdēscō (“I become raw again”); from re- + crūdēscō (“I become harsh or raw”).

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