recrudescent

1. 1.

   the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement

   “the patient presented with a case of recrudescent gastralgia”

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Questions about recrudescent

What does recrudescent mean?

recrudescent means "the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement".

How many syllables are in recrudescent?

recrudescent has 4 syllables: re-cru-de-scent. The stress falls on "cru".

Is recrudescent a common word?

recrudescent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.