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