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A time when symptoms fade or stop, offering relief even without certainty of a cure.
means A period when a disease's signs and symptoms ease off or disappear, though it may not be gone for good.
from From Latin remissio, 'a sending back' or 'relaxing,' built from re- ('back') plus mittere ('to send'). The same root gives us 'mission' and 'emit' — all about sending. A disease in remission has, in a sense, been 'sent back,' its grip loosened, even if it hasn't formally been dismissed.
- not a cure
- disease undetectable, not guaranteed gone forever
- two types
- partial means fewer symptoms, complete means none detected
- cancer math
- five-year remission often colloquially called cured, imprecisely
- mental health too
- depression and addiction also go into remission, not vanish