Definition of: delitescence

(del′ə·tes′əns) noun
1. Med. a A sudden subsidence of the symptoms of a disease, b The latent period of an infection or a poison.
2. The state of being concealed; retirement; seclusion. Also del′i·tes′cen·cy. [<L delitescens, -entis, ppr. of delitescere <de- away + litescere, inceptive of latere lie hidden]
—del′i·tes′cent adjective