Meaning & use
Defervescence
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The subsiding or disappearance of a fever.
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The nurse noted defervescence around midnight, when the patient's temperature finally dropped.
Doctors watched for signs of defervescence as the antibiotics took effect.
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A clinical term built from the same Latin root as 'fervent,' literally meaning to cease boiling.
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