relapse of disease

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• relapse — [ri laps′; ] also, and for n. usually [, rē′laps] vi. relapsed, relapsing [< L relapsus, pp. of relabi, to slip or slide back: see RE & LAPSE] to slip or fall back into a former condition, esp. after improvement or seeming improvement; specif …   English World dictionary

• Disease theory of alcoholism — Alcohol Dependence Classification and external resources ICD 10 F10.2 ICD 9 303 …   Wikipedia

• 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… …   Medical dictionary

• relapse — relapsable, adj. relapser, n. v. /ri laps /; n. /ri laps , ree laps/, v., relapsed, relapsing, n. v.i. 1. to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence. 2. to fall back into illness after convalescence or… …   Universalium

• Disease, Whipple — A form of intestinal malabsorption (an inability to absorb nutrients from the intestine) described in 1907 by the pathologist and Nobel laureate George H. Whipple in a medical missionary who first developed arthritis and then weight loss, cough,… …   Medical dictionary

• relapse — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin relapsus, from Latin relabi to slide back, from re + labi to slide more at sleep Date: 15th century 1. the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding 2. a recurrence of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• relapse — re•lapse v. [[t]rɪˈlæps[/t]] n. [[t]also ˈri læps[/t]] v. lapsed, laps•ing, n. 1) to fall or slip back into a former state or practice: to relapse into silence[/ex] 2) pat to fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery 3) to… …   From formal English to slang

• relapse — verb (i) /rəˈlæps / (say ruh laps) (relapsed, relapsing) 1. to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence. 2. to fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery. 3. to fall back into wrongdoing… …  

• relapse — 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 …   The new mediacal dictionary

• relapse — v. & n. v.intr. (usu. foll. by into) fall back or sink again (into a worse state after an improvement). n. also the act or an instance of relapsing, esp. a deterioration in a patient s condition after a partial recovery. Phrases and idioms:… …   Useful english dictionary

• Minimal residual disease — (MRD) is the name given, to small numbers of leukaemic cells that remain in the patient during treatment, or after treatment when the patient is in remission (no symptoms or signs of disease). It is the major cause of relapse in cancer and… …   Wikipedia