Recrudescent Definition
adjective
Breaking out again or reemerging after temporary abatement or suppression.
This seems to be a recrudescent strain of the plague rather than a new disease altogether.
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Origin of Recrudescent
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From the Latin recrūdēscō (“I become raw again”); from re- + crūdēscō (“I become harsh or raw”).
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