[rɪˈlaps], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a sick or injured person) deteriorate after a period of improvement
(e.g: two of the patients in remission relapsed after 48 months)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin relaps- ‘slipped back’, from the verb relabi, from re- ‘back’ + labi ‘to slip’. Early senses referred to a return to heresy or wrongdoing

[rɪˈlaps], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a deterioration in someone's state of health after a temporary improvement
(e.g: he responded well to treatment, but then suffered a relapse)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin relaps- ‘slipped back’, from the verb relabi, from re- ‘back’ + labi ‘to slip’. Early senses referred to a return to heresy or wrongdoing