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remission

[ri-mish-uhn] / rɪˈmɪʃ ən /




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The former University of Virginia standout was reportedly diagnosed with the Grade 4 cancer last year and briefly went into remission, but the tumors returned in July, according to Houston news site Chron.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

In April, Blair said she remained in remission but continued to experience fatigue and other lasting symptoms.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

Amelia is currently in remission, undergoing regular bone marrow and blood tests every three months, and has returned to school.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Yet for now, the most harrowing issue the AI industry has reckoned with so far appears to be in remission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

She was a regular—in a long remission from appendiceal cancer, which I had not previously known existed.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

Indonesia's Ministry of Immigration and Corrections told the BBC that Bechi was released in August 2025 because of "sentence remissions granted to him in accordance with applicable regulations".

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

In mouse models of aggressive prostate cancer, the targeted particles produced several complete tumor remissions, offering encouraging evidence that the approach could eventually advance to human clinical trials.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

Through his remissions, they pursued fertility treatments and rounds of IVF, but miscarried each time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Cromhout told Science that four children now have had ART-free remissions for longer than 6 months and one is out 29 months.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 7, 2024

Cases which terminate fatally are generally characterized by high fever, with absence of the morning remissions, which may continue uninterruptedly through the second and even the third week.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various


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