exacerbation

From Middle English exacerbacyoun, from Latin exacerbātiōnem, from exacerbāre (“to provoke, make harsh”). See exacerbate.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzæsɚˌbeɪʃən/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzæsəˌbeɪʃən/, /ɪkˈsæs-/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

exacerbation (usually uncountable, plural exacerbations)

1. An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease)

• aggravation

• amelioration

• exacerbate

• exacervation
• paroxysm (in medicine, esp. neurology)

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Exacerbation”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.za.sɛʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/

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exacerbation f (plural exacerbations)

1. exacerbation

• “exacerbation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.