defervescence noun.
[dɪfǝ'vɛs(ǝ)ns] E18.[from Latin defervescent- pres. ppl stem of defervescere cease boiling, etc., from de- DE- 3 + fervescere inceptive verb from fervere be hot: see -ENCE.]1. Cooling down. Only in Dicts.
E18.2. Medicine. (The period of) the decrease of bodily temperature accompanying the abatement of fever.
M19.Also
■ defervescency noun M-L17. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲