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 Words From

• defer·vescent 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

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

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

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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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