exacerbescence
English
Etymology
From Latin exacerbescens, exacerbescentis, present participle of exacerbescere, inchoate of exacerbare. See exacerbate.
Noun
exacerbescence (uncountable)
- (archaic) increase of irritation or violence, particularly of a fever or disease
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for exacerbescence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)