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   exacerbation

   /ɪɡˌzasəˈbeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the process of making a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse: "a lack of stress reduction skills can lead to the exacerbation of existing problems and the onset of many others"
   • ▪ an acute increase in the severity of a problem, illness, or bad situation: "he was admitted to the hospital once last year for an exacerbation of asthma"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘provocation to anger’): from Latin exacerbatio(n-), from the verb exacerbare (see exacerbate).

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