Refers to activities by the owner or operator that cause existing contamination to migrate beyond the boundaries of the source of contamination or cause an increased response cost
The act rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion
flare-up or attack of symptoms such as numbness or tingling of hands and feet that typically last for a few weeks; exacerbations come and go throughout the disease course of MS
A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action
The initial inflammation in the demyelinization process in Multiple Sclerosis, or a relapse and return of symptoms
The appearance of new symptoms or the aggravation of old ones, lasting at lease 24 hours (synonymous with attack, replace, flare-up, or worsening); usually associated with inflammation and demyelination in the brain or spinal cord
If something exacerbates a problem or bad situation, it makes it worse. Longstanding poverty has been exacerbated by racial divisions. = aggravate + exacerbation ex·ac·er·ba·tion the exacerbation of global problems. to make a bad situation worse (past participle of exacerbare, from acerbus )