relapse
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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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Example sentences
Patients may sometimes avoid relapse if every single cancerous cell had been eliminated.
Compliance with treatment protocols is often inconsistent, and relapse is all too common.
Indeed, it works better, if you take into account the lower relapse rate.
Apparently recovering, he suffered a sudden relapse.
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