Medical Dictionary

2relapse

vi re·lapse \ri-ˈlaps\
re·lapsedre·laps·ing

Medical Definition of RELAPSE

:  to slip or fall back into a former worse state (as of illness) after a change for the better <the patient relapsed twice in four years>

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