{ Re′cru‐des″cence (r?′kr?‐d?s″sens), Re′cru‐des′cen‐cy (–d?s″sen‐s?), } n. [Cf. F. recrudescence.]
1. The state or condition of being recrudescent.
A recrudescence of barbarism may condemn it to chronic poverty and waste. Duke of Argyll.
2. (Med.) Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission. Dunglison.