recollapse
Crumble once more
To recollapse is to collapse again after having recovered or been rebuilt.
The term appears in cosmology, where a closed universe might expand and then recollapse into a singularity, and in medicine, where a lung or blood vessel might recollapse after treatment: The patient's lung recollapsed within hours of surgery.
Violent collapse inward
- cavingSport of exploring caverns
- subsidenceGradual ground sinking
- bucklingBending from compression
- failureLack of success
demolition · crumbling · sagging · settling · foundation · building · infrastructure · engineering
Complete system or domain
- gravitationalRelating to mass-based attraction
- singularityPoint where values explode
- spacetimeMerged dimensional framework
- expansionIncrease in scope
contraction · cosmic · density · critical mass · dark energy · entropy · cyclical · oscillating
Return after deflection
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- relapseReturn to former illness
- regressionReturn to former state
- setbackReverse in progress
resurgence · return · repetition · cycle · pattern · oscillation · fluctuation · instability
Respiratory chest organ
- airwayPassage for breath
- pneumothoraxAir in pleural space
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
- respirationGas exchange in organisms
reinflation · tissue · surgical · postoperative · complication · cavity · vessel · aneurysm
implosion
Violent collapse inward
- cavingSport of exploring caverns
- subsidenceGradual ground sinking
- bucklingBending from compression
failure · demolition · crumbling · sagging · settling · foundation · building · infrastructure · engineering · load-bearing
universe
Complete system or domain
- gravitationalRelating to mass-based attraction
- singularityPoint where values explode
- spacetimeMerged dimensional framework
expansion · contraction · cosmic · density · critical mass · dark energy · entropy · cyclical · oscillating · inflation
rebound
Return after deflection
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- relapseReturn to former illness
- regressionReturn to former state
setback · resurgence · return · repetition · cycle · pattern · oscillation · fluctuation · instability · temporary
lung
Respiratory chest organ
- airwayPassage for breath
- pneumothoraxAir in pleural space
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
respiration · reinflation · tissue · surgical · postoperative · complication · cavity · vessel · aneurysm · stent