n. The state of being recrudescent, or becoming raw or exacerbated again.n. Hence A reopening; renewal; a coming into existence anew; a fresh outbreak.n. In medicine, increased activity of a disease or morbid process after partial recovery.n. In botany, the production of a fresh shoot from the top of a ripened spike.n. Figuratively, a return; a re-appearance: as “The Recrudescence of Imray,” the original title of a story by Rudyard Kipling in “Mine Own People.”