(尤指疾病的)缓解期;症状减轻或暂时消失的状态。(也可指债务、刑罚等的减免,但最常见用法是医学语境。)
/ˈrɪmɪʃən/
After three months of treatment, her cancer went into remission.
经过三个月的治疗,她的癌症进入了缓解期。
Although the symptoms returned later, the long remission allowed him to work and travel again.
尽管症状后来复发了,但那段较长的缓解期让他得以再次工作和旅行。
源自拉丁语 remissio,来自 remittere(“放回、松开、减轻”),由 re-(“回、再”)+ mittere(“送、放”)构成。含义由“减轻、放松”发展为医学上的“症状减轻/暂时消退”。