recrudescent
/ˌɹɛkɹu(ː)ˈdɛsənt/
recrudescent adjective: breaking out again or reemerging after temporary abatement or suppression.
Adjective
recrudescent (not comparable)
- Breaking out again or reemerging after temporary abatement or suppression.
- This seems to be a recrudescent strain of the plague rather than a wholly new disease.
- Growing raw, sore, or painful again.
Origin of recrudescent
From Latin recrūdēscō (“to become raw again”); from re- + crūdēscō (“to become harsh or raw”).
Words that rhyme with recrudescent
- crescent
- evanescent
- deliquescent
- fluorescent
- incandescent
- efflorescent
- quiescent
- senescent
- accrescent
- acquiescent
- arborescent
- circumcrescent
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- convalescent
- depressant
- effervescent
- erubescent
- excrescent
- iridescent
- juvenescent
- lapidescent
- pubescent
- reflorescent
- spinescent
- tumescent
- virescent
- viridescent
- acaulescent
- adipescent
- adularescent
- adultescent
- adultolescent
- agonescent
- albescent
- alcalescent
- alkalescent
- antidepressant
- autofluorescent
- autoluminescent
- biofluorescent
- bioluminescent
- calescent
- candescent
- cathodoluminescent
- caulescent
- cerulescent
- cessant
- chemifluorescent
- chemiluminescent
- chemoluminescent
- cinerescent
- coalescent
- concrescent
- contabescent
- crystalloluminescent
- cytofluorescent
- decadescent
- decalescent
- defervescent
- delitescent
- detumescent
Questions about recrudescent
- What does recrudescent mean?
- Recrudescent means breaking out again or reemerging after temporary abatement or suppression.
- What part of speech is recrudescent?
- Recrudescent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce recrudescent?
- Recrudescent is pronounced /ˌɹɛkɹu(ː)ˈdɛsənt/.
Words near recrudescent in the dictionary
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