Exacerbescence

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exacerbescence \Ex*ac`er*bes"cence\
     ([e^]gz*[a^]s`[~e]r*b[e^]s"sens), n. [L. exacerbescens,
     -entis, p. pr. of exacerbescere, incho. of exacerbare.]
     Increase of irritation or violence, particularly the increase
     of a fever or disease.
     [1913 Webster]