recrudescent

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[edit] Etymology

From the Latin recrudescere "to become raw again"; from re- + crudescere "to become hard or raw"

[edit] Adjective

recrudescent (not comparable)

1. breaking out again or reemerging after temporary abatement or suppression

   usage: This seems to be a recrudescent strain of the plague rather than a new disease altogether.

2. (archaic) growing raw, sore, or painful again