† anesisn.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin anesis remission (1746 or earlier; earlier in the sense ‘relaxation’: from c1200 in British sources) < ancient Greek ἄνεσις remission, abatement, in Hellenistic Greek specifically with reference to fever (Galen) < ἀν- an- prefix² + -εσις ( < the stem of ιέναι to send, let go (see paresis n.) + -σις -sis suffix), after ἀνιέναι to send or let back, remit.Compare the following earlier unassimilated use of the Latin form in an English context:a1450 in J. Norri Dict. Med. Vocab. in Eng. (2016) 45/2 Shakyng is mad in þose febres þat haþ anesim [L. anesim .i. interpolationem]. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æ·nĭsis) /ˈænɪsɪs/.