Medical Dictionary

ingravescence

noun in·gra·ves·cence \ˌin-grə-ˈves-ən(t)s\

Medical Definition of INGRAVESCENCE

:  the state of becoming progressively more severe <persistence and ingravescence of behavior disorders, in spite of improved circumstances—Norman Cameron>

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