defervescence
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Noun (1)
- abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperatureType of suspension, respite
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
De′fer·ves′cence, De′fer·ves′cency noun
Origin: L. defervescere to grow cool.
1. A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness.
A defervescency in holy actions.— Taylor, Jeremy
2. Medicine The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54