A relaxation or easing of tension, especially the subsiding of symptoms or disease.
From Greek 'anesis,' meaning 'a letting up' or 'relaxation,' derived from 'anienal' (to release). The term historically described the natural relief of suffering or tension in medical contexts.
Ancient Greeks used this word to describe that blessed moment when a fever finally breaks or pain eases—it's the opposite of crisis and shows how medical language captures the patient's experience, not just the disease!
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