RELAPSE Copy link • RELAPSE 1. v. recidere (general term). Vid: also, “To have a RELAPSE. 2. s. morbus recidivus (Cels.); febris recidiva (in a fever); also, recidiva only (Cels., 3, 4): novae tentationes morbi (opposed to vetus morbus, Cic., Att., 10, 17, 2). To have a relapse, in eundem morbum recidere; a severe relapse, in graviorem morbum recidere: lest there be a relapse, ne febris recidat: to fear a relapse, recidivam timere.