Past tense of acerbate; made sour, harsh, or bitter; exacerbated.
From Latin acerbus plus -ated (past participle). Historical English medical and literary term for conditions made worse or more harsh.
Medieval physicians used 'acerbated humors' to describe the worsening of imbalances in the body—a concept that seems strange now, but they were trying to describe disease progression!
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