relapsing

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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

Almost a decade later, the Times looks to be relapsing into bad form.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

“Obesity is a chronic, relapsing, biologically defended disease,” says Stanford.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 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