DEFERVESCENCE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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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