exacerbation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

exacerbation (usually uncountable, plural exacerbations)

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

Synonyms

• aggravation

Antonyms

• amelioration

Derived terms

• pseudoexacerbation

Related terms

• exacerbate

Translations

increase in severity

Bulgarian: влошаване (bg) n (vlošavane) German: Verschärfung (de) f, Verschlimmerung (de) f, Erbitterung (de) f Greek: επιδείνωση (el) f (epideínosi) Italian: esacerbazione (it), esacerbamento m Serbo-Croatian: egzacerbacija (sh) f Spanish: exacerbación (es)

See also

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

References

• 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.

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

exacerbation

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.za.sɛʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

exacerbation f (plural exacerbations)

1. exacerbation

Further reading

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