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defervescence
defervescence
English
Noun
defervescence (plural defervescences)
- The departure or subsiding of a fever.
- 2003, Cartmell et al., J Physiol. 2003;549.2:653–664:
- Endogenous interleukin-10 is required for the defervescence of fever evoked by local lipopolysaccharide-induced and Staphylococcus aureus-induced inflammation in rats.
- 2007, Management of Fever in Infants University of Chicago: Pediatric Chief Residents' Website, online Apr. 2007:
- ...alternation of Tylenol and Motrin has not been proven to provide faster defervescence.
- 2003, Cartmell et al., J Physiol. 2003;549.2:653–664:
References
- defervescence, in Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Random House, Inc. 2001. Page 523. ISBN 037572026.
- defervescence at Merriam-Webster online.