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Definition of Exacerbation
1. Noun. Action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse. "The aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care"
2. Noun. Violent and bitter exasperation. "His foolishness was followed by an exacerbation of their quarrel"
Definition of Exacerbation
1. n. The act rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion.
Definition of Exacerbation
1. Noun. An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exacerbation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Exacerbation
1. An increase in the severity of a disease of its symptoms. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exacerbation
Literary usage of Exacerbation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1856)
"The exacerbation precedes the usual hour. Chills at half-past 9 as violent as
the preceding; vomiting follows the exacerbation ; the heat is not so great ..."
2. 1812; the War, and Its Moral: A Canadian Chronicle by William Foster Coffin (1864)
"American exacerbation. British exclusion from American harbours. American gratitude
to France. French sympathy in Canada a mistake. ..."
3. On Vital Reserves: The Energies of Men. The Gospel of Relaxation by William James (1911)
"What our girl-students and woman-teachers most need nowadays is not the exacerbation,
but rather the toning- down of their ..."
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