/ree'krooh des"/ , v.i. , recrudesced, recrudescing .
to break out afresh, as a sore, a disease, or anything else that has been quiescent.
[ 1880-85; recrudescere to become raw again, equiv. to re- RE- + crudescere to grow harsh, worse ( crud ( us ) bloody (see CRUDE) + -escere inchoative suffix) ]
Syn . erupt, revive.