Etymology

defervescence

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Today it means: The departure or subsiding of a fever. Full definition →

Latin defervescere
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  1. Latin · derived fromdefervescere“to grow cool”
  2. English todaydefervescence

From Latin defervescere (“to grow cool”).

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