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delitescent
Mar. 17th, 2014 07:30 amdelitescent (del-i-TES-uhnt) - adj., hidden, concealed, latent.
In medicine, delitescence is the sudden disappearance of the signs and symptoms of a disease, going latent but not being cured. In use since c.1680, adopted from Latin dēlitēscēns, present participle of dēlitēscere, to hide away. Now rather rare.
---L.
In medicine, delitescence is the sudden disappearance of the signs and symptoms of a disease, going latent but not being cured. In use since c.1680, adopted from Latin dēlitēscēns, present participle of dēlitēscere, to hide away. Now rather rare.
---L.
