παλινδρομία

A. running back, going backwards, AP 6.307(Phan.), Iamb. in Nic. p.76P.; τοῦ ἡλίου D.L. 7.152; τῆς φύσιος ἡ π. restoration, Aret. CD 1.3; striking inwards, of an abscess or eruption, Hp. Prorrh. 2.7: in pl., relapses, Id. Epid. 4.42.