DEFERVESCENCE


Meaning of DEFERVESCENCE in English

— defervescent , adj.

/dee'feuhr ves"euhns, def'euhr-/ , n. Med.

abatement of fever.

[ 1715-25; Deferveszenz defervesc ( ent- ) (s. of defervescens, prp. of defervescere, equiv. to de- DE + fervescere to begin to boil) + -ENCE; see EFFERVESCENT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .