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remission

[ri-mish-uhn] / rɪˈmɪʃ ən /




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Uncertain he would reach his 70th birthday, Mr. Moritz today, at 72, is in remission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

After initially going into remission, Maya's neuroblastoma returned three years ago, and has since been cared for by specialist teams including at the Royal Marsden hospital in London, and Great Ormond Street Hospital.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

No cause of death was provided, but the outlet reported that Dasafo had been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 2010 before going into remission later that year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

At SinoUnited Hospital in Shanghai, Walters paid less than half that amount—and, on Aug. 18, learned that the treatment had succeeded in pushing his lymphoma into complete remission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

"The doctor says your disease is incurable, but you could have a remission lasting five years, even more, if you take good care of yourself and don't overdo it."

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

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

She added: "As the cost-of-living crisis continues and families are struggling more, we are finding that more are needing to access these remissions, which means our costs are going up."

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2024

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

I fully expect from you the admission that as to these measures I could not in the altered circumstances be bound absolutely to the remissions.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by John Morley




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