verb
- to break out again or become active again after a period of inactivity
Usage: formal; often used of diseases, conflicts, or problems
Examples
- The old wound recrudesces whenever the weather changes.
- Political tensions recrudesce during election years.
- The disease recrudesces if treatment is stopped too early.
- Violence recrudesces in the region despite peace efforts.
- Her arthritis recrudesces every winter.
- The debate recrudesces whenever new evidence emerges.