noun
- the reduction or disappearance of fever
Usage: medical
Examples
- The patient showed signs of defervescence after taking the medication.
- Defervescence typically occurs within 24 hours of treatment.
- The doctor monitored the child’s defervescence carefully.
- Complete defervescence was achieved by the third day.
- The antibiotic caused rapid defervescence in most patients.
- Defervescence marked the beginning of the patient’s recovery.