What's the difference between recrudescent and sore?

Recrudescent


Definition:

  • (a.) Growing raw, sore, or painful again.
  • (a.) Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, a recrudescence in both psychotic and depressive symptoms developed as plasma desipramine levels rose 4 times higher than anticipated from the oral doses prescribed.
  • (2) Sixty-five patients with recrudescent orofacial herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections all had circulating HSV-specific antibody measured by ELISA and cell-mediated immunity (CMI) to HSV by in vitro lymphoproliferation.
  • (3) Regression occurred after the summer solstice and recrudescence occurred after the winter solstice.
  • (4) In four additional patients studied serially, the cell-mediated immunity was significantly increased during the recrudescence of herpetic infection, with a mean specific immune release value of 51.7 plus or minus 27.8%, compared to 8.7 plus or minus 1.5% during the convalescent period 2 to 10 weeks later (P is less than 0.05).
  • (5) However, there is no evidence in the cat for recrudescent chemoreceptor input to the respiratory control system with measurable steady state effect.
  • (6) in the US the last ten years have witnessed an alarming recrudescence involving vast strata of the population and especially children, although this is masked by the paucity of reports, as is the case also in Italy.
  • (7) Treatment with T-2 toxin did not cause recrudescence of parasitemia in mice with latent Babesia infection.
  • (8) Of the 100 cases with sterile CSF on repeat culture, there was no instance of recrudescence of infection during hospitalization.
  • (9) During maintenance therapy, recrudescence (n = 6) or relapse (n = 1) occurred in seven out of the 12 patients initially assigned to itraconazole, whereas two relapses occurred among nine patients initially treated with amphotericin B plus flucytosine (P = 0.22); recurrence of clinical symptoms was significantly related to a positive cerebrospinal fluid culture at 6 weeks (P = 0.003).
  • (10) In Experiment 2, adult hamsters were divided into the following groups: induced recrudescing, active, and regressed (5L:19D for 16 wk).
  • (11) An enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit for detecting IgG class antibody to T gondii was compared with the latex agglutination test to determine the specificity as a screening method in 12 patients who had undergone heart transplantation (recrudescence of T gondii infection n = 3, donor acquired infection n = 3; acute cytomegalovirus infection n = 6).
  • (12) The extension and gravity of drug resistance of P. falciparum and the withdrawal of anti-vectorial campaign constitute two reasons for the present recrudescence of malaria.
  • (13) The variations in biochemical components were associated with the reproductive cycles and gonad recrudescence of these parasites.
  • (14) Fluctuations in thyroid functions during gonadal regression, recrudescence and peak gonadal activity are discussed in the present communication.
  • (15) Five cases that were suspected of having TB on analysis of their chest X-rays were administered prophylactic anti-tuberculous chemotherapy, after which no recrudescence or onset of TB.
  • (16) Patients with cutaneous disorders associated with dry skin or intraoral leukoplakia had an increased incidence of recrudescence.
  • (17) The interpretation of the two DNA histogram parameters, the degree of ploidy and the proliferation index, provided an excellent prognosis of which patients would show tumoral recrudescence, as verified by follow ups.
  • (18) Two showed late rises in antibody titre which raises the possibility of recrudescent persisting infection.
  • (19) Between 1954 and 1963, typhus, both epidemic and recrudescent, has been studied in Bosnia.
  • (20) Other evidence is provided by the waning and waxing of gastritis, which has been correlated in several studies with clearance followed by recrudescence of the organisms.

Sore


Definition:

  • (n.) Reddish brown; sorrel.
  • (n.) A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
  • (n.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
  • (superl.) Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.
  • (superl.) Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
  • (superl.) Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.
  • (superl.) Criminal; wrong; evil.
  • (a.) A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil.
  • (a.) Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
  • (a.) In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.
  • (a.) Greatly; violently; deeply.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the HCD group, 66 (86.8%) pressure sores improved compared with 36 (69.2%) pressure sores in the wet-to-dry dressings group.
  • (2) Both beds are excellent in preventing Pressure Sores.
  • (3) Most infections have flu-like symptoms including fever, coughing, sore throat, runny nose, and aches and pains.
  • (4) Plastic surgeons have contributed to the understanding of pressure sore pathophysiology and prophylaxis.
  • (5) A review of 103 surgically closed pressure sores shows unsatisfactory results.
  • (6) A 50-year-old woman with a 27-year history of ankylosing spondylitis developed cricoarytenoid joint arthritis that was indicated by hoarseness, sore throat, and vocal cord fixation.
  • (7) As the metaphors we are using to conduct it show, the migration debate in Britain is sorely in need of some perspective.
  • (8) Subjects with cancer were paired with subjects without cancer based on age (mean = 78), sex, and pressure sore risk.
  • (9) The pressure sore resulted from the commonly practised habit of grasping the upright of the wheel chair with the upper arm in order to gain stability.
  • (10) I was sorely tempted but in the end I simply paid the fine.
  • (11) Sore arm after vaccination was reported most frequently in younger female participants; however, sore arm was accepted as part of the process of vaccination and not considered a reaction by most.
  • (12) Systematic, prospective epidemiological studies of these agents in well-defined populations of various age groups are sorely needed for definition of the relative importance of each agent in human disease.
  • (13) Instead of pulling off a rapprochement, the Brown ended up opening a new sore and he is, in all likelihood, on another collision course with his backbenchers, who have already recoiled from attempts to attach conditions to other welfare reforms.
  • (14) The proportion of culture sore-throat patients returned to the original 55% level after an initial period of enthusiasm.
  • (15) Experts have said that Apple sorely needed to produce a phone with music capabilities as long-term protection for the lucrative iPod, which has helped boost the company's profits to record levels.
  • (16) The least severe sore (type 1) can be protected using polyurethane film dressings.
  • (17) Two ten-minute rapid tests for diagnosing Group A streptococcal pharyngitis in 147 emergency department patients with a complaint of sore throat were evaluated using positive throat cultures as the marker for disease.
  • (18) A few minutes after sucking a lozenge for a sore throat a 68-year-old man developed an anaphylactic shock.
  • (19) The general election result was, of course, crushing for Labour MPs south of the border as well as north, and the wounds are still very open and very sore.
  • (20) We discuss some epidemiological aspects and diagnostic difficulties resulting from a changing clinical pattern of the disease, and emphasize the need for streptococcal sore throat treatment and continuous secondary prophylaxis to prevent recurrences.

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