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remittal

9.5

A decrease in the strength of disease symptoms

noun
/rɪˈmɪtəl/

Archaic

: remisión

Doctors monitored the remittal of symptoms to assess the effect of the experimental treatment.

Examples

Some chronic diseases are characterized by periods of remittal and relapse.
The patient's fever showed a marked remittal after the new medication was administered.
The doctor noted a significant remittal of her symptoms.
After the treatment, there was a remittal in his pain.
The patient's fever showed a marked remittal after the new medication was administered.
Some chronic diseases are characterized by periods of remittal and relapse.
After the treatment, there was a remittal in his pain.

Synonyms

remission

vsremittal

Specialized

41 6.4

A time when disease symptoms become less or go away

describes the reduction itself rather than the whole time period

subsidence

vsremittal

Specialized

1 7.4

A decrease in bad symptoms like pain or swelling

refers to a single result of lower severity rather than a gradual change

lysis

vsremittal

Specialized

8.1

The gradual lessening of illness symptoms showing recovery

focuses on reduction without implying slowness or recovery

Antonyms

intensification

5 5.5

Making something stronger or more intense

exacerbation

2 8.6

A worsening of a problem, conflict, or health symptoms, for example more pain

How Reduced

relief

440 1.0

abatement

11 6.8

remission

Specialized

41 6.4

remittal

Archaic

9.5

lessening

4 3.8

Surface Forms

remittal singular

remittals plural

Morphology

remittal = remit (semi-transparent) = remit + al

Built from 'remit' in its sense 'to lessen or abate' plus '-al', but the medical/technical sense is more specialised and may not be known to average learners.

Etymology

Remittal comes from the Latin re- 'back' and mittere 'to send' and is related to the word remission, which in medicine means an illness is 'sent back' or less strong. Imagine the pain or fever being 'sent away', and you can see why remittal can mean a decrease in symptoms.