Associations to the word «Defervescence»

Noun

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Wiktionary

DEFERVESCENCE, noun. The departure or subsiding of a fever.

Dictionary definition

DEFERVESCENCE, noun. Abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats