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de⋅fer⋅ves⋅cence

  [dee-fer-ves-uhns, def-er-]
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–noun Medicine/Medical.
abatement of fever.
Origin:
1715–25; < G Deferveszenz < L dēfervēsc(ent-) (s. of dēfervēscēns, prp. of dēfervēscere, equiv. to dē- de + fervēscere to begin to boil) + -ence; see effervescent

Related forms:
de⋅fer⋅ves⋅cent, adjective
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de·fer·ves·cence   (dē'fər-věs'əns)   
n.  The abatement of a fever.

[From Latin dēfervēscēns, dēfervēscent-, present participle of dēfervēscere, to stop boiling, cool off : dē-, de- + fervēscere, to grow hot, inchoative of fervēre, to be hot, boil; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
de'fer·vesce' (-věs') v., de'fer·ves'cent adj.
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Main Entry: de·fer·ves·cence
Pronunciation: "dE-(")f&r-'ves-&n(t)s, "def-&r-
Function: noun
: the subsidence of afever —de·fer·vesce /-'ves/ intransitive verb -vesced; -vesc·ing
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defervescence de·fer·ves·cence (dē'fər-věs'əns, děf'ər-)
n.
The abatement of a fever.

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