defervescence

[dee-fer-ves-uhns, def-er-]

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. abatement of fever.

defervescence

/ ˌdɛfəˈvɛsəns /

noun

1. the abatement of a fever

2. the period during which this occurs

Other Word Forms

• defervescent adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of defervescence¹

1715–25; < German Deferveszenz < Latin dēfervēsc ( ent- ) (stem of dēfervēscēns, present participle of dēfervēscere, equivalent to dē- de + fervēscere to begin to boil) + -ence; effervescent

Example Sentences

At first the skin is hot and dry; later, frequent sweats occur; sweating generally attends the febrile remissions and the defervescence not rarely sets in with copious, acid, ill-smelling sweats.

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Even in the later stages, until defervescence occurs, heat elimination is inadequate to get rid of the heat produced.

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The defervescence is in many instances attended by a copious secretion of urine.

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Remittent fever exhibits oscillations of temperature regulated as to hours of recurrence by laws similar to those which govern the periodic returns of intermittent fever; but there is no complete defervescence of the fever.

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The tumefaction speedily subsides, the features become recognizable, and defervescence is complete.

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