The term used to describe a disease where there has been a partial or complete disappearance of clinical and subjective characteristics of the disease is:
a. acute.
b. functional.
c. chronic.
d. remission.
D
Remission means there has been partial or complete disappearance of the clinical and subjective characteristics.
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