Relapse
- Relapse
- 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 for 4 years. He then suffered a relapse and had to be treated again for colon cancer.
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re·lapse ri-'laps, 'rē-. n a recurrence of illness
esp a recurrence of symptoms of a disease after a period of improvement
<a \relapse after an 18-month remission (
M. T. Fosburg )(
et al)
> compare RECRUDESCENCE
re·lapse ri-'laps 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
<the patient relapsed twice in four years>
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n.
a return of disease symptoms after recovery had apparently been achieved or the worsening of an apparently recovering patient's condition during the course of an illness.
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re·lapse (reґlaps) (rə-lapsґ) [L. relapsus, past part. of relabi to fall back] the return of a disease after its apparent cessation. Cf. recrudescence.
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