defervescence

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UK/ˌdɛfəˈvɛsəns/US/ˌdɛfɚˈvɛsəns/

noun

The departure or subsiding of a fever.

OriginLatin defervescere →
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Meanings

noundefervescence (countable and uncountable, plural defervescences)

plural defervescences

  1. countableuncountableThe departure or subsiding of a fever.

    ...alternation of Tylenol and Motrin has not been proven to provide faster defervescence.

    2007, Management of Fever in Infants University of Chicago: Pediatric Chief Residents' Website, online Apr. 2007
    1 more example

    Endogenous interleukin-10 is required for the defervescence of fever evoked by local lipopolysaccharide-induced and Staphylococcus aureus-induced inflammation in rats.

    2003, Cartmell et al., J Physiol. 2003;549.2:653–664

Origin

  1. Latindefervescere“to grow cool”
  2. Englishdefervescence

From Latin defervescere (“to grow cool”).

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APA

defervescence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defervescence

MLA

“defervescence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defervescence. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “defervescence,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defervescence.

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