defervescence
nounUK /ˌdɛfəˈvɛsəns/ · US /ˌdɛfɚˈvɛsəns/
Etymology From Latin defervescere (“to grow cool”).
1
The departure or subsiding of a fever.
- Endogenous interleukin-10 is required for the defervescence of fever evoked by local lipopolysaccharide-induced and Staphylococcus aureus-induced inflammation in rats.2003, Cartmell et al., J Physiol. 2003;549.2:653–664
- ...alternation of Tylenol and Motrin has not been proven to provide faster defervescence.2007, Management of Fever in Infants University of Chicago: Pediatric Chief Residents' Website, online Apr. 2007
- Derived terms
- postdefervescence