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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
exacerbation
    n 1: action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms)
         worse; "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack
         of care" [syn: aggravation, exacerbation]
    2: violent and bitter exasperation; "his foolishness was
       followed by an exacerbation of their quarrel"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Exacerbation \Ex*ac`er*ba"tion\
   ([e^]gz*[a^]s`[~e]r*b[=a]"sh[u^]n) n. [Cf. F. exacerbation.]
   1. The act of rendering more violent or bitter; the state of
      being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity;
      as, exacerbation of passion.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Med.) A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as
      in remittent or continuous fever; an increased energy of
      diseased and painful action.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Exacerbation:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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