Lexic.us

Definition of Relapse

1. Verb. Deteriorate in health. "He relapsed"

2. Noun. A failure to maintain a higher state.

3. Verb. Go back to bad behavior. "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

Definition of Relapse

1. v. i. To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.

2. n. A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back.

Definition of Relapse

1. Verb. (intransitive) To fall back again. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive medicine of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated. ¹

3. Noun. The act or situation of relapsing. ¹

4. Noun. (obsolete) One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Relapse

1. to fall or slip back into a former state [v -LAPSED, -LAPSING, -LAPSES]

Medical Definition of Relapse

1. The return of symptoms and signs of a disease after a period of improvement. (12 May 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Relapse

relaid relaminarization relaminarize relaminarized relaminarizes relaminarizing reland relanded relanding relands

relandscape relandscaped relandscapes relandscaping relaparotomy relapse (current term) relapsed relapser relapsers relapses

relapsing relapsing appendicitis relapsing fever relapsing malaria relapsing perichondritis relapsing polychondritis relapsings relascope relascopes relata

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