EXACERBATION
Ex*ac`er*ba"tion n. Etym: [Cf. F. exacerbation.]
1. The act rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion.
2. (Med.)
Defn: A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action.
EXACERBESCENCE Ex*ac`er*bes"cence, n. Etym: [L. exacerbescens, -entis, p. pr. of exacerbescere, incho. of exacerbare.]
Defn: Increase of irritation or violence, particularly the increase of a fever or disease.
EXACERVATION
Ex*ac`er*va"tion, n. Etym: [L. exacervare to heap up exceedingly. See
Ex-, and Acervate.]
Defn: The act of heaping up. [Obs.] Bailey.
EXACINATE
Ex*ac"i*nate, v. t. Etym: [L. ex out + acinus kernel.]
Defn: To remove the kernel form.