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defervescency |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Defervescence \De`fer*ves"cence\, Defervescency \De`fer*ves"cency\, n. [L. defervescere to grow cool.] 1. A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness. A defervescency in holy actions. --Jer. Taylor. 2. (Med.) The subsidence of a febrile process; as the stage of defervescence in pneumonia.
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