in remission
idiom
of an illness
: in a stage during which symptoms are much less severe
Her cancer is in remission.
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One woman, in her fifties and in remission from cancer, fixed a piercing gaze on me.
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Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Last year, Raskin said the cancer was in remission.
—Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
Thirty-four of 51 are in remission, and some with lymphoma needed fewer cycles of chemotherapy because their disease was caught early.
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 4 Dec. 2024
Although Thomas’s cancer is now in remission, her kidneys did not recover their normal function.
—Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Last year, Raskin said the cancer was in remission.
—Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
Thirty-four of 51 are in remission, and some with lymphoma needed fewer cycles of chemotherapy because their disease was caught early.
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 4 Dec. 2024
Although Thomas’s cancer is now in remission, her kidneys did not recover their normal function.
—Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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“In remission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20remission. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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