relapse
verb (used without object)
to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc..
relapsed
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past participleof relapse.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof relapse.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
relapseverb (used without object)to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc..
Example Sentences
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Future studies will use animal models and larger patient groups to better understand how drug delivery, tumor structure, and lysosomal storage interact in clinical settings, including in relapsed cancers.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2026
Food and Drug Administration is reviewing Arcellx’s application seeking approval of anito-cel as a fourth-line treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, with a decision expected by the end of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
The Food and Drug Administration has accepted a biologics license application for anito-cel as a fourth-line treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
But in 2017 she relapsed, with Ms Tucker saying at this stage the tumour "eventually took over".
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
He soon stirred; my eye was instantly drawn to his movements; he only took out a morocco pocket-book, thence produced a letter, which he read in silence, folded it, put it back, relapsed into meditation.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
