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relapse

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




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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

Whether it is a renaissance or a relapse depends almost entirely on whether Mourinho has learned anything from the last decade.

From BBC May 13, 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

But she experienced a relapse of a neuroimmune condition shortly before joining the company last August, prompting her to work remotely from her home in Southern California.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

Worse, too-frequent relapse of memory, often in association with trigger object.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

I wonder if my relapses into depression would happen anyway, or if they are a side effect of menopause.

From Slate Jun. 14, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2025

She said after a series of relapses and months of treatment over the course of last year, she had received a stem cell transplant in December and had been declared cancer-free.

From BBC Apr. 7, 2025

But unlike Jeffrey, she had had two relapses of her leukemia in the past four years.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

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

Individuals who had relapsed after therapy had significantly narrower cristae than newly diagnosed patients, with the most dramatic differences appearing in those previously treated with venetoclax.

From Science Daily Nov. 23, 2025

This means that patients had relapsed after trying different immunotherapies.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 27, 2025

While the treatment was initially successful for two years, Isobel unfortunately relapsed in October 2022 with several tumours found across her body.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2024

However, this was before Inigo’s wound reopened; and Westley relapsed again; and Fezzik took the wrong turn; and Buttercup’s horse threw a shoe.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

This allowed them to identify traces of several pathogens, including Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for plague, and Borrelia recurrentis, which causes louse borne relapsing fever.

From Science Daily Jul. 8, 2026

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

From Salon Apr. 6, 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

Given adverse events seen with other trials, expectations for fenebrutinib in relapsing multiple sclerosis were modest, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 11, 2025

"Alive," she echoes, as if she were relapsing to her old quoting days.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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