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Definition of relapse noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

relapse

noun
 
/ˈriːlæps/
 
/ˈriːlæps/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. the fact of becoming ill again after making an improvement
    • to have/suffer a relapse
    • a risk of relapse
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    • 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.
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • acute
    verb + relapse
    • experience
    • suffer
    • cause
    • …
    relapse + verb
    • occur
    relapse + noun
    • prevention
    • rate
    preposition
    • in relapse
    phrases
    • a risk of relapse
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    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.
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