recrudescence /ˌɹiːkɹuːˈdɛs(ə)ns/ noun3 •The condition or state being recrudescent; the condition of something (often undesirable) breaking out again, or re-emerging after temporary abatement or suppression.A blinding sunlight drowned all this at times in a sudden recrudescence of glare. — 1899 •The acute recurrence of a disease, or its symptoms, after a period of improvement.Very probably however, supposing Mr. Dwight's Account to be Fact, not more than one Constitution in one Million is liable to such repeated and distant Recrudescences of this Disease. — 1754 •The production of a fresh shoot from a ripened spike. formsrecrudescences