relapse

relapse /re·lapse/ (rĕ-laps´) (re´laps)

1. the return of a disease after its apparent cessation.

2. to fall back into an illness after a period of remission.

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re·lapse (r-lps)

v.

1. To regress after partial recovery from illness.

2. To slip back into bad ways; backslide.

3. To fall or slide back into a former state.

n. (rlps, r-lps)

A falling back into a former state, especially the return of symptoms following an apparent recovery. Also called recurrence.

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Relapse

A return of the signs and symptoms of an illness.

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relapse

[rilaps′]

Etymology: L, relabi, to slide back

1  v, to exhibit again the symptoms of a disease from which a patient appears to have recovered.

2  n, the recurrence of a disease after apparent recovery.

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relapse [re-laps´]

the return of a disease weeks or months after its apparent cessation.

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relapse,

v to slip or fall back into a former state.

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relapse

the return of a disease weeks or months after its apparent cessation.

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relapse

Recrudescence The return of signs and Sx of a disorder after a period of improvement Oncology The reappearance of the signs and Sx of malignancy after successful completion of a first course of RT and/or chemotherapy. See Bone marrow transplantation, Chemotherapy, Cyclophosphamide, Extranodal recurrence, Local recurrence, Marginal recurrence, Regional recurrence, Terminal cancer, Transdiaphragmatic recurrence. Cf Remission Tuberculosis The return of TB after a partial recovery from the disease.