| recrudescence | <epidemiology> Reappearance of disease in a host whose infection has been quiescent. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| recrudescency | 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. <medicine> Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission. Origin: Cf. F. Recrudescence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| recrudescent | Becoming active again, relating to a recrudescence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recrudescent typhus | Recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent that causes epidemic typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii) remains viable for many years and then when host defenses are down, it is reactivated causing recurrent typhus. The disease is named for the physician Nathan Brill and the great bacteriologist Hans Zinsser. (12 Dec 1998) |
| recrudescent typhus fever | Recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent that causes epidemic typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii) remains viable for many years and then when host defenses are down, it is reactivated causing recurrent typhus. The disease is named for the physician Nathan Brill and the great bacteriologist Hans Zinsser. (12 Dec 1998) |