relapse
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi (“to slide back, fall back”), from re- (“back”) + labi (“to slip, slide, fall”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æps
[edit] Verb
relapse (third-person singular simple present relapses, present participle relapsing, simple past and past participle relapsed)
- (intransitive) To fall back again.
- He has improved recently but keeps relapsing into states of utter confusion.
- (intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated.
[edit] Translations
To fall back again
(medicine) To recur; to worsen
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[edit] Noun
relapse (plural relapses)
- The act or situation of relapsing.
[edit] Translations
the act or situation of relapsing
[edit] External links
- relapse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- relapse in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- relapse at OneLook Dictionary Search
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Participle
relāpse
- vocative masculine singular of relāpsus
