defervescence

/ˌdɛfɚˈvɛsəns/

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Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Uncountable

"Endogenous interleukin-10 is required for the defervescence of fever evoked by local lipopolysaccharide-induced and Staphylococcus aureus-induced inflammation in rats."
"...alternation of Tylenol and Motrin has not been proven to provide faster defervescence."

From Latin defervescere (“to grow cool”).

defervescences (plural)

postdefervescence

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How do you pronounce defervescence?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdɛfɚˈvɛsəns/.

What does defervescence mean?

The departure or subsiding of a fever.

Where does defervescence come from?

It is traced to Latin.

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