exacerbation
exacerbation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Med.) A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accession
- accretion
- add
- additional
- advance
- aggrandize
- aggrandizement
- aggravate
- aggravating
- aggravation
- ahead
- and
- ascend
- ascent
- augment
- augmentation
- bad
- crescendo
- deepen
- deteriorate
- development
- dilatation
- dilate
- disperse
- dispersion
- embitter
- enhance
- enlarge
- enlargement
- enrage
- envenom
- exacerbate
- exaggerate
- exaggeration
- exalt
- exasperate
- exasperation
- excite
- expand
- expansion
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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