Exacerbation

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  • n. An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity.
  • n. A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continuous fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of exacerbating, or the state of being exacerbated; increase of violence or virulence; aggravation; exasperation.
  • n. In medicine, an increase of violence in a disease; specifically, the periodical aggravation of the febrile condition in remittent and continued fevers: as, nocturnal exacerbations.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
  • n. violent and bitter exasperation
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    intensification    exasperation   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    deterioration   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    exacerbations    dysphoria    triadic    inertion    scroot   
     
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