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 [land] to chronic poverty and waste.
Duke of Argyll.
2. Med.
Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission.
Dunglison.
© Webster 1913.