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

No words were needed for the man to know how utterly lost was his recrudescent hope.

The Brand |Therese Broderick
He swore sharply and slapped again at a recrudescent flame upon his leg.

The History of Mr. Polly |H. G. Wells
He hurried to his wife with the picture, and she called it “Mamise” with a recrudescent anguish of doubt.

The Cup of Fury |Rupert Hughes
After-images or recrudescent memories coming up from the subconscious strata to which they had fallen.

Telepathy and the Subliminal Self |R. Osgood Mason

Yet the bottom stone in the wall of recrudescent admiration was the certainty that he had found a sympathetic ear.

The Quickening |Francis Lynde

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.