\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.