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relapse

[ verb ri-laps; noun ri-laps, ree-laps ]

verb (used without object)

, re·lapsed, re·laps·ing.
  1. to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.:

    to relapse into silence.

  2. to fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery.
  3. to fall back into vice, wrongdoing, or error; backslide:

    to relapse into heresy.

    Synonyms: lapse, revert, regress



noun

  1. an act or instance of relapsing.
  2. a return of a disease or illness after partial recovery from it.

relapse

verb

  1. to lapse back into a former state or condition, esp one involving bad habits
  2. to become ill again after apparent recovery
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the act or an instance of relapsing
  2. the return of ill health after an apparent or partial recovery
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • reˈlapser, noun
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Other Words From

  • re·lapsa·ble adjective
  • re·lapser noun
  • unre·lapsing adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of relapse1

First recorded in 1400–50; (for the verb) late Middle English, from Latin relāpsus “slid back,” past participle of relābī “to slide back, revert,” from re- re- + lābī “to fall, slide, make a mistake”; noun derivative of the verb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of relapse1

C16: from Latin relabī to slip back, from re- + labī to slip, slide
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Example Sentences

Brain and cognitive sciences professor John Gabrieli’s lab is using brain imaging and machine learning to zero in on predictors of relapse and match patients with optimal interventions.

Two months later, Beimnet takes pills to prevent a relapse of seizures like the ones he suffered as a result of his carbon monoxide exposure, but he otherwise shows no signs so far of permanent damage.

Preliminary data for the rest of 2020 suggests it was the deadliest year yet for overdoses, as isolation, loss of jobs, and increased anxieties made drug users more vulnerable to relapses.

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The doctor tells me that he doesn’t know if there will be a relapse.

By watching for and reacting to early warning signs in this way, the study aims to reduce the number of patients who experience a serious relapse.

Will she have a terrible relapse and turn to her pal/sometime fling Vause for help?

In 59 percent of those cases, the relapse occurred within the first week.

According to a 2010 study, over 90 percent of those with opioid addiction relapse in the first year.

In the absence of chemotherapy, there was an 80 percent chance of relapse.

However, as the recent and unpredicted actions in Crimea remind us, there is always a chance of relapse.

It reappears during a relapse, and thus helps to distinguish between a relapse and a complication, in which it does not reappear.

Patients might very well recover their mental sensibility after even a severe attack, and never have a relapse.

When I left her she had altogether recovered from the relapse.

No time, however, was given in which I could relapse into self-consciousness.

They drain off the liquor, and presently relapse into quiet.

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