• (a.) Growing raw, sore, or painful again. • (a.) Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic.
Becoming active again, relating to a recrudescence. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
Re`cru·des'cent (-s e nt) adjective [ Latin recrudescens , -entis , present participle of recrudescere to become raw again; prefix re- re- + crudescere to become hard or raw: confer French recrudescent .] 1. Growing raw, sore, or painful again...
Type: Term Pronunciation: rē′krū-des′ĕnt Definitions: 1. Becoming active again, relating to a recrudescence.
adjective the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement; `the patient presented with a case of recrudescent gastralgia`