exacerbation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

exacerbation (usually uncountable, plural exacerbations)

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

Synonyms

• aggravation

Antonyms

• amelioration

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

• paroxysm (in medicine, esp. neurology)

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

French

Pronunciation

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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.