A diminution or abatement of the signs and/or symptoms of a disease; also the period during which such diminution occurs.
A decrease in or disappearance of signs and symptoms of cancer. In partial remission, some, but not all, signs and symptoms of cancer have disappeared. In complete remission, all signs and symptoms of cancer have disappeared, although there still may be cancer in the body.
Abatement of an illness.
The lessening of the severity of an illness or the absence of symptoms of a disease over time.
A period when an illness or fever is less severe.
The period of abatement of symptoms or the lessening of their severity.
The lessening or disappearance of the symptoms and signs of a disease considered chronic, such as psoriasis, or progressive, such as multiple sclerosis. Remission is, of course, the aim of many kinds of therapy, such as the radiation therapy used to treat cancer. But remissions also occur spontaneously and for unknown reasons, even in cancers, and they are even characteristic of some diseases, such as multiple sclerosis. If the remission lasts long enough (the length depending on medical experience with the disease), the disease is considered to be cured.
Partial or complete disappearance of, or lessening of the severity of, the symptoms of a disease; it may be spontaneous or result from therapy, and be temporary or permanent.
A period of time when symptoms of a disease are absent or greatly diminished.
A period of time during which there is no evidence of a previously existing disease.
Disappearance of the signs and symptoms of a disease. the signs and symptoms of a disease. For example, cancer is in remission when there is a reduction in the size of a tumor and in the symptoms it causes. A remission may be temporary or permanent.
A lessening in the severity of symptoms or their temporary disappearance during the course of an illness.
A period when a disease has responded to treatment and there are no signs or symptoms present. The opposite is relapse.
A lessening in severity or an abatement of symptoms.
A lessening in the severity of symptoms or their temporary disappearance during the course of the illness.
During periods devoid of manifest symptoms in individuals with chronic ailments.
A transient vanishing or lessening in the intensity of disease symptoms, or the span within which this takes place.
The alleviation of symptoms in the course of an illness; the duration of this symptom relief.