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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
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Other Words From

  • defer·vescent adjective
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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
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Example Sentences

Sometimes the defervescence occurs abruptly, with copious perspiration; at others it is gradual and similar to that which takes place in ordinary attacks.

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

The absence of marked defervescence is the most characteristic difference between variola in its eruptive stage and typhus, typhoid, and relapsing fevers.

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.

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

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