- 1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Relapse Source: opted
- 2. a. Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state. Source: opted
- 3. n. a failure to maintain a higher state Source: wordnet
- 4. Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state. Relapsing fever (Med.), an acute, epidemic, contagious fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia, and some other regions. It is marked by one or two remissions of the fever, by articular and muscular pains, and by the presence, during the paroxism of spiral bacterium (Spirochæte) in the blood. It is not usually fatal. Called also famine fever, and recurring fever. Source: webster
- 5. Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to aformer worse state. Relapsing fever (Med.), an acute, epidemic,contagious fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia,and some other regions. It is marked by one or two remissions of thefever, by articular and muscular pains, and by the presence, duringthe paroxism of spiral bacterium (Spirochæte) in the blood. It is notusually fatal. Called also famine fever, and recurring fever. Source: adambom
- 6. n a failure to maintain a higher state v deteriorate in health v go back to bad behavior Source: ecdict
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