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relapse
English
Etymology
From Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi (“to slide back, fall back”), from re- (“back”) + labi (“to slip, slide, fall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???læps/, /??i??læps/
- Rhymes: -æps
Verb
relapse (third-person singular simple present relapses, present participle relapsing, simple past and past participle relapsed)
- (intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
- (intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
- To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
Hyponyms
- (to fall back into a former state or practice): fall off the wagon
Translations
Noun
relapse (plural relapses)
- The act or situation of relapsing.
- (medicine) An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
- (obsolete) One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.
Translations
Further reading
- relapse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- relapse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- relapse at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Leapers, Perales, leapers, pleaser, presale, repeals
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -apse
Adjective
relapse
- feminine plural of relapso
Noun
relapse f pl
- plural of relapsa
Latin
Participle
rel?pse
- vocative masculine singular of rel?psus
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reinfection
English
Etymology
re- +? infection
Noun
reinfection (plural reinfections)
- Another infection, another instance of being infected
Related terms
- reinfect
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