Recrudescence
Recrudescence
Recrudescence (pronunciation: /ˌrɛkrʊˈdɛs(ə)ns/) is a medical term that refers to the return of a disease after it has been in remission or after its symptoms have subsided.
Etymology
The term "recrudescence" is derived from the Latin word "recrudescentia", which means "becoming raw again". It is a combination of the prefix "re-", meaning "again", and "crudus", meaning "raw" or "bloody".
Definition
In medicine, recrudescence is used to describe the situation when the symptoms of a disease reappear after they have decreased in severity or completely disappeared. This is different from a relapse, where the disease returns after a period of remission, and from a reinfection, where the patient gets the disease again from an external source.
Related Terms
- Relapse: A relapse is the return of a disease or the symptoms of a disease after a period of improvement.
- Reinfection: Reinfection refers to getting the disease again after recovering from it, usually from an external source.
- Remission: Remission is a period of time when the symptoms of a disease are reduced or disappear completely.
- Disease: A disease is a particular abnormal condition that negatively affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism, and that is not due to any immediate external injury.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Recrudescence
- Wikipedia's article - Recrudescence
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