re·lapse
n : a recurrence of illness : esp : a recurrence of symptoms of a disease after a period of improvement <the chances of cure are high if the patient lives five years without a recurrence; but s after five years have occurred -J. E. Bishop> - compare RECRUDESCENCE , vi, re*lapsed re*laps*ing : to slip or fall back into a former worse state (as of illness) after a change for the better <she relapsed when allowed out of bed> .
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