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Definition: DEFERVESCENCY

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness.[Websters]
2. The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Defervescency" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: DEFERVESCENCY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness.[Websters]
2. The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DEFERVESCENCY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)