Recrudescence
Origin
From the Latin recrūdēscŠ("I become raw again"); from re- + crūdēscŠ("I become harsh or raw").
Noun
recrudescence
(countable and uncountable; plural recrudescences)- The state or condition of being recrudescent.A recrudescence of barbarism may condemn it land to chronic poverty and waste. — Duke of Argyll.
- (medicine) the acute recurrence of a disease, or its symptoms, after a period of improvement