relapse
noun /ˈriːlæps/
/ˈriːlæps/
[countable, uncountable]- the fact of becoming ill again after making an improvement
- to have/suffer a relapse
- a risk of relapse
Wordfinder- acute
- condition
- health
- medicine
- outbreak
- pain
- recover
- relapse
- terminal
- treatment
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessc2- A wide range of emotionally stressful events may trigger a relapse.
- Even in relapse there will be times when the patient's general condition improves.
- The therapy can reduce the relapse rate for multiple sclerosis.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- experience
- suffer
- cause
- …
- occur
- prevention
- rate
- in relapse
- a risk of relapse
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin relaps- ‘slipped back’, from the verb relabi, from re- ‘back’ + labi ‘to slip’. Early senses referred to a return to heresy or wrongdoing.