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Webster 1913 Edition

Exacerbation

Ex-acˊer-ba′tion

(ĕgz-ăsˊẽr-bā′shŭn)
Noun.
[Cf. F.
exacerbation
.]
1.
The act of rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity;
as,
exacerbation
of passion
.
2.
(Med.)
A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continuous fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action.

Webster 1828 Edition

Exacerbation

EXACERBA'TION

,
Noun.
The act of exasperating; the irritation of angry or malignant passions or qualities; increase of malignity.
1.
Among physicians, the increased violence of a disease; hence, a paroxysm, as in the return of an intermitting fever.
This term is more generally restricted to the periodical increase of remittent and continued fevers, where there is no absolute cessation of the fever.
2.
Increased severity; as violent exacerbations of punishment. [Unusual.]

Definition 2024

exacerbation

exacerbation

English

Noun

exacerbation ‎(usually uncountable, plural exacerbations)

  1. An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease)

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French

Noun

exacerbation f ‎(plural exacerbations)

  1. exacerbation

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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