remission
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6.4
- noun
- /rɪˈmɪʃən/
- Specialized
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remisión
- - He said all my cancer markers came back negative and I am still in remission.
- go into remission
- patients in remission
- achieve remission
I never had remission with my IBD so to have remission is amazing.
- I never had remission with my IBD so to have remission is amazing.
- And for those that do achieve relief, it's often not complete remission of the PTSD itself.
- And actually I'm right now in what they call excellent remission.
- And now the question is why is that not sufficient to induce remission?
- His autoimmune disease is in remission.
- Within months, all of her symptoms of schizophrenia were in full and complete remission.
- It's called spontaneous remission, and it's where the disorder kind of resolves on its own.
- And ultimately, after a couple of weeks of being misdiagnosed, I learned that after nearly a decade in remission, my leukemia was back.
- And that new heart is reorientated towards God, and that means that the disease is put into remission.
- And that is actually not what we see for most of the studies, kind of the studies on HIV remission where we don't have such a dramatic effect.
- We'll go through, you know, set up a treatment plan that would consist of more rounds of chemo and to get me back into remission again.
- And they did the FMT with dietary change, very dramatic results, very different results, much higher rates of response and of remission.
- My dad get taught it's in remission, kinda beat it.
- So week long, water fast, and in combination with a few other things, complete remission of symptoms for weeks.
- He, he, he had a bad, a bad cancer from all the details I know he, he had a remission after a long bout with cancer.
- I mean, you know, kind of went into remission and it came back when we were we were kids.
Examples
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The course of the disease is generally benign, with spontaneous remission, but rare cases of death have been reported.
Academic text (2004) -
Congratulations, you're still in remission.
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Perhaps if I spend time with her, with my family... this disease will go into remission.
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My cancer had gone into complete remission, and look what I'd done to myself.
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But now, four months later, I'm in complete remission.
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I just left my doctor's office, and I'm in remission.
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I don't really feel it, but it's been in remission for six months.
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For five years now my cancer's been in remission.
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Some problems, such as measles and cancer, can be cured or put into remission with time, medicine, or treatments.
Academic text (2012) -
After her treatment, she was grateful to be in remission from cancer.
Synonyms
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7.4
A decrease in bad symptoms like pain or swelling
A decrease in the strength of disease symptoms
The gradual lessening of illness symptoms showing recovery
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Etymology
Remission comes from the Latin parts re- 'back' and mittere 'to send'. You can think of a medical remission as the illness being 'sent back' or 'let go', so the symptoms become less or disappear.