
1) Backslide 2) Backslide, medically 3) Backsliding 4) Backward step 5) Bad news at the hospital 6) Become ill again 7) Bump on the road to recovery 8) Come off the DL too soon 9) Deteriorate in health 10) Deterioration 11) Disappointing backslide 12) Disappointing return 13) Failure 14) Fall back into bad health
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1) Backsliding 2) Deteriorate 3) Deterioration 4) Lapsing 5) Recidivate 6) Recidivism 7) Relapsing 8) Retrogress 9) Setback 10) Worsening
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A relapse or recidivism is a recurrence of a past (typically medical) condition. For example, MS or malaria often exhibit peaks of activity and sometimes long periods of dormancy. Relapse, in relation to drug misuse, is resuming the use of a drug or a chemical substance after one or more periods of abstinence. The term is a landmark feature of bot...
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• (v. i.) To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed. • (v. i...
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The return of a disease or the signs and symptoms of a disease after a period of improvement.
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Flare-up of activity of a chronic disease such as ulcerative colitis.
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The return of symptoms and signs of a disease after a period of improvement. ... (12 May 1997) ...
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(re´laps) (rә-laps´) to fall back into an illness after a period of remission. the return of a disease weeks or months after its apparent cessation.
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The return of signs and symptoms of a disease after a patient has enjoyed a remission. For example, after treatment a patient with cancer of the colon went into remission with no sign or symptom of the tumor, remained in remission for 4 years, but then suffered a relapse and had to be treated once again for colon cancer.
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recurrence of disease symptoms following a period of improvement. In HCV, relapse can refer to an increase in viral load after it has been suppressed.
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The return of signs and symptoms of cancer after a period of improvement.
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The return of cancer after a period of being cancer-free.
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Re·lapse' intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Relapsed (-l?pst');
present participle & verbal noun Relapsing .] [ Latin
relapsus , past participle of
relabi to slip back, to relapse; prefix
re- re- +
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Re·lapse' noun [ For sense 2 confer French
relaps . See
Relapse ,
v. ]
1. A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back. « Alas! from what high hope to what
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fall back againÂ
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Type: Term Pronunciation: rē′laps Definitions: 1. Return of the manifestations of a disease after an interval of improvement. Synonyms: recurrence2
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Relapse: The return of signs and symptoms of a disease after a patient has enjoyed a remission. For example, after treatment a patient with cancer of the colon went into remission with no sign or symptom of the tumor, remained in remission for 4 years, but then suffered a relapse and had to be treated once again for colon cancer. Relapse has anothe...
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The return of signs and symptoms of a disease after a patient has enjoyed a remission. For example, after treatment a patient with cancer of the colon went into remission with no sign or symptom of the tumor, remained in remission for 4 years, but then suffered a relapse and had to be treated once again for colon cancer.
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relapse, relapsed, relapsing, relapses 1. To fall back into a former mood, state, or way of life; especially, a bad or undesirable one, after coming out of it for a while. 2. To become ill again after seeming to have made a recovery. 3. A return to a former mood, state, or way of life; especially, a bad or undesirable one, after coming out of it ...
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Returning to alcohol use after abstinence. Example: Experiencing a relapse after six months of sobriety.
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Resurfacing of symptoms as a result of stopping medication.
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An illness that has seemed to be getting better, or to have been cured, comes back or gets worse again.
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the return of a disease or symptom after it had disappeared
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The reoccurrence of symptoms of a disease.
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[SAT terms] a failure to maintain a higher state
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