- Defervescency
- 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.
[1913 Webster]
A defervescency in holy actions. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.