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  • 21relapse — n. 1) to have, suffer a relapse 2) a complete, total relapse * * * [rɪ læps] suffer a relapse total relapse a complete to have …

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  • 22relapse — 1. verb 1) a few patients relapse Syn: get ill/worse again, have/suffer a relapse, deteriorate, degenerate, take a turn for the worse Ant: improve 2) she relapsed into silence Syn: revert …

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  • 23Relapse — A relapse (etymologically, who falls again ) occurs when a person is affected again by a condition that affected them in the past. This could be a medical or psychological condition such as depression, bipolar disorder, multiple sclerosis, cancer …

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  • 24Relapse — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Relapse », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Relapse, un album d Eminem. Voir aussi Rechu …

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  • 25relapse — re|lapse1 [ rı læps ] verb intransitive 1. ) to become sick again after you had been getting better 2. ) to return to your previous character or behavior: relapse into: Annie shook her head and relapsed into silence again. relapse re|lapse 2 [ rı …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 26relapse — relapsable, adj. relapser, n. v. /ri laps /; n. /ri laps , ree laps/, v., relapsed, relapsing, n. v.i. 1. to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence. 2. to fall back into illness after convalescence or… …

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  • 27Relapse — The return of signs and symptoms of a disease after the patient has enjoyed a remission. For example, a 51 year old man had a cancer of the colon treated and went into remission with nary a sign nor symptom of the tumor. He stayed in remission… …

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  • 28relapse — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin relapsus, from Latin relabi to slide back, from re + labi to slide more at sleep Date: 15th century 1. the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding 2. a recurrence of… …

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  • 29relapse — ● relaps, relapse adjectif et nom (latin ecclésiastique relapsus, retombé) Se disait d un chrétien retombé dans une hérésie à laquelle il avait précédemment renoncé …

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  • 30relapse — Synonyms and related words: about face, apostasy, backing, backset, backslide, backsliding, backward motion, backward step, cock, decline, degenerate, degeneration, deteriorate, deterioration, disenchantment, disimprove, fade, fading, fail,… …

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