recrudescence

[ ree-kroo-des-uh ns ]

/ ˌri kruˈdɛs əns /

breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.

Sometimes re·cru·des·cen·cy.

Origin of recrudescence

1715–25; < Latin recrūdēsc(ere) to recrudesce + -ence

re·cru·des·cent, adjective

I noticed Mr. Pike look at him quickly, as if apprehending some recrudescence of frenzy that would require more boat-stretcher.

The Mutiny of the Elsinore |Jack London
It is merely the recrudescence under the stimulus of a brand-new environment of the boyish desire to be a hero.

The Land of Footprints |Stewart Edward White
There was a recrudescence of Pythagoreanism, with its attendant symbolism and mysticism.

A Critical History of Greek Philosophy |W. T. Stace
It was not a recrudescence of his love for Molly, stirred into action by the association with Molly's daughter.

The Drums Of Jeopardy |Harold MacGrath

They must have experienced a recrudescence of panic at thought of the dynamite they believed hidden.

The Jacket (The Star-Rover) |Jack London

recrudescence

[ rē′krōō-dĕs′əns ]

A recurrence of a pathological process or its symptoms after a period of improvement or quiescence.

re′cru•desce′ v. re′cru•des′cent adj.