About The Word Exacerbation

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Exacerbation

Exacerbation Meaning & Definition
Exacerbation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Exacerbation?

[n] action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse; "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care"
[n] violent and bitter exasperation; "his foolishness was followed by an exacerbation of their quarrel"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Exacerbation: aggravation

Related Terms | Find terms related to Exacerbation: accelerando | acceleration | aggravation | agitation | amplification | animation | annoyance | arousal | arousing | augmentation | beefing-up | blowing up | blowup | chafe | concentration | condensation | consolidation | contentiousness | deepening | deliberate aggravation | deterioration | electrification | embittering | embitterment | enhancement | enlargement | exaggeration | exasperation | excitation | excitement | exhilaration | explosion | fomentation | fret | gall | galvanization | heating-up | heightening | incitement | increase | inflammation | information explosion | infuriation | intensification | irritant | irritation | lathering up | magnification | perturbation | pickup | population explosion | provocation | redoubling | reinforcement | sharpening | souring | speedup | steaming up | step-up | stimulation | stimulus | stirring | stirring up | strengthening | tightening | whipping up | working up | worsening

See Also | exasperation | intensification

Exacerbation In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*ac`er*ba"tion\n. [Cf. F. exacerbation.] 1. The act 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 continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action.

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