Recrudescency

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

  Recrudescence \Re`cru*des"cence\ (r?`kr?*d?s"sens),
  Recrudescency \Re`cru*des`cen*cy\ (-d?s"sen*s?), n. [Cf. F.
     recrudescence.]
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     1. The state or condition of being recrudescent.
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              A recrudescence of barbarism may condemn it [land]
              to chronic poverty and waste.         --Duke of
                                                    Argyll.
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     2. (Med.) Increased severity of a disease after temporary
        remission. --Dunglison.
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