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Relapsing

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n. relapse

v. Present participle of relapse.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Sliding or falling back; marked by a relapse or return to a former worse state.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a failure to maintain a higher state

Word Usage

"There are different types of -- that we call the relapsing remitting then the secondary progressive where there is an ongoing weakness or a progression of symptoms."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

failure

Cross Reference

relapsing fever

Hyponym

recidivism

Verb Stem

relapse

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

collapsing lapsing