defervescence

n. 退热 [医] 热退期, 退热期

发音

UK /ˌdɛfəˈvɛsəns/
US /ˌdɛfɚˈvɛsəns/

词形变化

defervescences 复数 defervescences

别名

defervescency

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The departure or subsiding of a fever.

    可数 不可数

    Endogenous interleukin-10 is required for the defervescence of fever evoked by local lipopolysaccharide-induced and Staphylococcus aureus-induced inflammation in rats.

    ...alternation of Tylenol and Motrin has not been proven to provide faster defervescence.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 5

suspension reprieve respite hiatus abatement

词源

From Latin defervescere (“to grow cool”).

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