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(intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice. / (intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).

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IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɹɪˈlæps/

Verb

intransitive of a disease informal specifically

(intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice. / (intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).

Japanese Meaning

再発する（特に病気や症状が一度改善した後に再び現れる） / 以前の状態に戻る、または悪化する

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After months of improvement, he feared he might relapse.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

数か月の改善の後、彼は再発することを恐れていた。

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(intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.

Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.

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