Meanings of have a relapse in English

Let us pray she doesn't have a relapse and come down with pneumonia.

He had stopped smoking ten years ago, but occasionally he would have a relapse.

I shall probably have a relapse when I see it.

Not now; and I'll take care not to have a relapse,' said he gravely.

He wondered if Roland could have picked a worse time to have a relapse.

They were also 30 percent less likely to have a relapse of the cancer.

What a pity that I could not have a relapse while he is here!

I'm not up to it That kind of talk will make me have a relapse.

We must nurse him most carefully; should he have a relapse, nothing will save him.

You are much better now, but you mustn't talk so much or you may have a relapse.

Are you quite sure now that you cannot go on painting-thatyou may not have a relapse?

On Sunday evening she was so much upset that her mother believed she was going to have a relapse.

And if you have a relapse I shall be in a nice fix, as I'm due at Mrs. Jardine's Tuesday morning!

Background: Most women with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer have a relapse within 3 years after standard treatment with surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy.

Patients with head and neck cancer who have a relapse of the disease above the clavicles can sometimes be salvaged by additional surgery.

Robert feared he was going to have a relapse; but in a moment more he lifted himself up and bent again to the brae.