recrudescence
Unwelcome revival appears
Recrudescence is the return of something undesirable after a period of dormancy or abatement—typically a disease, conflict, or social problem: a recrudescence of violence in the region, The patient experienced a recrudescence of symptoms.
The word carries a clinical or formal tone, suggesting not just return but unwelcome revival of what was thought controlled or resolved.
Return to former illness
- reoccurrenceInstance of happening again
- flareupSudden worsening episode
- setbackReverse in progress
- backslideRevert to bad habits
regression · deterioration · rebound · retrogression · reversion · decline · recurrence · return
Return after decline
- reemergenceReturning to visibility
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
- comebackRecovery after decline
- reawakeningRenewed consciousness or awareness
reactivation · renewed · recurrence · return · reappearance · resurface · reemerge · cyclical
relapse
Return to former illness
- reoccurrenceInstance of happening again
- flareupSudden worsening episode
- setbackReverse in progress
backslide · regression · deterioration · rebound · retrogression · reversion · decline · recurrence · return · reappearance
revival
Return after decline
- reemergenceReturning to visibility
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
- comebackRecovery after decline
reawakening · reactivation · renewed · recurrence · return · reappearance · resurface · reemerge · cyclical · dormant
exacerbate
Make a situation worse
deteriorate · deepen · heighten · worsen · compound · amplify · flareup · acute · severe · inflammation
recrudescencecure
Treatment that heals
remission · recovery · eradication · elimination · resolution
recrudescencedisappearance
Act of going missing
cessation · eradication · ebbing · waning · dying out