transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪlæps ]
The noun can be pronounced /rɪlæps/ or /ri:læps/.
( relapses, relapsing, relapsed)
1.
If you say that someone relapses into a way of behaving that is undesirable, you mean that they start to behave in that way again.
‘I wish I did,’ said Phil Jordan, relapsing into his usual gloom...
VERB : V into n
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Relapse is also a noun.
...a relapse into the nationalism of the nineteenth century.
N-COUNT : oft N into n
2.
If a sick person relapses , their health suddenly gets worse after it had been improving.
In 90 per cent of cases the patient will relapse within six months.
VERB : V
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Relapse is also a noun.
The treatment is usually given to women with a high risk of relapse after surgery...
N-VAR