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spontaneous remission

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spontaneous remission,
1 the reversal of progress of disease without formal treatment.
2 the disappearance of symptoms of a mentally ill patient without formal treatment.

spontaneous remission,
n phrase used by medical professionals to describe a patient's complete recovery that is inexplicable by medical means.


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Even the "miraculous" cures at the French shrine of Lourdes, after careful study by the Catholic Church, do not outnumber the historical percentage of spontaneous remissions seen among people with cancer.
Admittedly controversial, the subject we are speaking of in this case is spontaneous remissions, and a file of such occurrences is kept by the Institute of Noetic Sciences (Petaluma, California).
Some patients have even seen spontaneous remission of their cancer after a session.
 
 
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