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DEFERVESCENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does defervescence mean?
• DEFERVESCENCE (noun)
The noun DEFERVESCENCE has 1 sense:
1. abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature
Familiarity information: DEFERVESCENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("defervescence" is a kind of...):
abatement; hiatus; reprieve; respite; suspension (an interruption in the intensity or amount of something)
Derivation:
defervesce (experience an abatement of a fever)
defervescent (of or relating to the reduction of a fever)
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