exacervation

== English == === Etymology === From Latin exacervō (“to heap up exceedingly”), from acervus. See ex-, and acervate. === Noun === exacervation (usually uncountable, plural exacervations) (obsolete) The act of heaping up. (medicine, uncommon) A recurrence of a symptom; paroxysm. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:exacervation. ==== See also ==== === References === Nathan Bailey (1736), Dictionarium Britanicum: Or a More Compleat Universal Etymological English Dictionary Than Any Extant. “exacervation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Exacervation”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.