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- pronunciation:
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kru
des
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intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
recrudesces, recrudescing, recrudesced |
| definition: |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition.
The doctors have successfully treated all the local cases of malaria but, because malaria often recrudesces, they will watch the patients for several more weeks. |
| related words: |
return |
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| derivations: |
recrudescent (adj.), recrudescence (n.) |
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