DEFERVESCENCE


Meaning of DEFERVESCENCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌdē-(ˌ)fər-ˈve-s ə n(t)s, ˌde-fər- ]

noun

Etymology: German Deferveszenz, from Latin defervescent-, defervescens, present participle of defervescere to stop boiling, from de- + fervescere to begin to boil — more at effervesce

Date: 1866

: the subsidence of a fever

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