relapse

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• Rhymes: -æps

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to relapse (third-person singular simple present relapses, present participle relapsing, simple past and past participle relapsed)

1. (intransitive) To fall back again.

   He has improved recently but keeps relapsing into states of utter confusion.

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

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relapse (plural relapses)

1. The act or situation of relapsing.

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