(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”。