Re lapse
læps verb (used without object)
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.
noun
4.
an act or instance of relapsing.
5.
a return of a disease or illness after partial recovery from it.
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Origin:
1400–50; (v.) late Middle English < Latin relāpsus, past participle of relābī to slide back, revert (re- re- + lāb- v. stem + -sus for -tus past participle suffix); (noun) late Middle English < Medieval Latin relāpsus, equivalent to Latin relāb(ī) + -sus for -tus suffix of v. action
1400–50; (v.) late Middle English < Latin relāpsus, past participle of relābī to slide back, revert (re- re- + lāb- v. stem + -sus for -tus past participle suffix); (noun) late Middle English < Medieval Latin relāpsus, equivalent to Latin relāb(ī) + -sus for -tus suffix of v. action
Related forms
re·laps·a·ble, adjective
re·laps·er, noun
un·re·laps·ing, adjective
Synonyms
3. regress, revert, lapse.
3. regress, revert, lapse.
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| relapse | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to lapse back into a former state or condition, esp one involving bad habits |
| 2. | to become ill again after apparent recovery |
| —n | |
| 3. | the act or an instance of relapsing |
| 4. | the return of ill health after an apparent or partial recovery |
| [C16: from Latin relabī to slip back, from | |
| re'lapser | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
relapse
1568, from L. relapsus, pp. of relabi "slip back," from re- "back" + labi "to slip" (see lapse). The noun is first attested 1533.
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Medical Dictionary
relapse re·lapse (rĭ-lāps')
v. re·lapsed, re·laps·ing, re·laps·es
To regress after partial recovery from illness.
To slip back into bad ways; backslide.
To fall or slide back into a former state.
A falling back into a former state, especially the return of symptoms following an apparent recovery. Also called recurrence.
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