defervescence
Americannoun
noun
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the abatement of a fever
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the period during which this occurs
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Etymology
Origin of defervescence
1715–25; < German Deferveszenz < Latin dēfervēsc ( ent- ) (stem of dēfervēscēns, present participle of dēfervēscere, equivalent to dē- de + fervēscere to begin to boil) + -ence; see effervescent
Example Sentences
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Defervescence is often very rapid, the temperature falling five or six degrees in the course of twelve hours.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Defervescence occurs in the former by crisis; in the latter, by lysis.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Defervescence occurs with a trifling eruption of maculo-papules, which in two days have wellnigh completely disappeared.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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