exacerbation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: exacerbation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for exacerbation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exacerbation n action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse; "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care" Synonym(s): aggravation, exacerbation violent and bitter exasperation; "his foolishness was followed by an exacerbation of their quarrel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exacerbation \Exac`erba"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.