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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
defervescence
 
SYLLABICATION:de·fer·ves·cence
PRONUNCIATION:  dfr-vsns
NOUN: The abatement of a fever.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin dfervscns, dfervscent-, present participle of dfervscere, to stop boiling, cool off : d-, de- + fervscere, to grow hot, inchoative of fervre, to be hot, boil; see bhreu- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:defer·vesce (-vs) —VERB
defer·vescent —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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