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relapse

[ri-laps, ri-laps, ree-laps] / rɪˈlæps, rɪˈlæps, ˈri læps /




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The problem is that waiting for a visible relapse gives surviving cancer cells more time to evolve.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

The illness is characterized by discomfort, and while it can be frustrating when symptoms relapse, it’s not life-threatening for most people, according to the CDC.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Some experts think they could make the behaviors worse or cause people to relapse, especially for conditions like anorexia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Around 6.7 million people in the U.S. and 160 million worldwide develop the condition in their lifetime, but current therapies for alopecia have high relapse rates, Nektar said.

From Barron's Apr. 20, 2026

Then, for fear that its brief relapse into prose might have hardened the tyrant’s heart, it launched out breathlessly into Genevieve, tor the third time.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The European Commission approved Cenrifki for secondary progressive multiple sclerosis without relapses.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

If a patient relapses or breaks a rule in a rehab facility, the knee-jerk impulse should not be to discharge them from the program.

From Slate Dec. 19, 2025

She’s not sure how her policy on relapses fits in.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2025

She added: "I don't think people have really appreciated the power of social prescribing and how good it is to be able to help yourself and have the tools to prevent relapses later on."

From BBC Apr. 29, 2025

Fie was assigned quarters on my old floor, but he has so many mental relapses, he still basically lives in the hospital.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

After her condition relapsed before joining OpenAI, Simo decided to work remotely from Southern California.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

Future studies will use animal models and larger patient groups to better understand how drug delivery, tumor structure, and lysosomal storage interact in clinical settings, including in relapsed cancers.

From Science Daily Mar. 27, 2026

The Food and Drug Administration has accepted a biologics license application for anito-cel as a fourth-line treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

From Barron's Feb. 23, 2026

Her MS hasn’t relapsed in a while, but she has limited sensation in her hands, feet and ankles, and says she sometimes has trouble with her short-term memory.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 9, 2025

He soon stirred; my eye was instantly drawn to his movements; he only took out a morocco pocket-book, thence produced a letter, which he read in silence, folded it, put it back, relapsed into meditation.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

This approach revealed traces of ancient pathogens, including the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis and the organism responsible for louse-borne relapsing fever, Borrelia recurrentis.

From Science Daily Apr. 22, 2026

But now, almost a decade later, the Times looks to be relapsing into bad form.

From Salon Apr. 6, 2026

The New South Wales coroner said Dr Andrea Boros-Lavack had provided 40-year-old Cauchi "exemplary" care over a long period, but failed to heed warnings from family that he may be relapsing, years before the attack.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2026

Jebb emphasised that GLP-1 drugs "are a really valuable tool in obesity treatment -- but obesity is a chronic relapsing condition."

From Barron's Jan. 7, 2026

She was fast relapsing into stupor; nor did her mind again rally: at twelve o’clock that night she died.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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