Exacerbation1. (n.) The act rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion.
2. (n.) A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continuous fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action.
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