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defervescence

NOUN
  1. abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature

How To Use defervescence In A Sentence

  • During this time the vast majority of patients show clinical improvement, including defervescence, reduced cough, and weight gain.
  • If major plasma leakage occurs, it usually develops 24 hours before to 24 hours after defervescence.
  • Although they were subjectively better, there was a delayed defervescence of fever even up to 7 days, whereas in 1989, this occurred in 3 days.
  • At the end of this phase defervescence occurs and the patient is usually afebrile for a day or two before the immune phase begins.
  • The recurrence of fever after an initial defervescence suggests a septic or nonseptic embolic event, a drug hypersensitivity reaction or the emergence of a resistant strain.
  • Exanthem subitum typically occurs between 6 months and 2 years of age and is characterized by an abrupt rise in temperature, often to approximately 40°C, followed several days later by a rapid defervescence that coincides with the emergence of an erythematous maculopapular rash that can persist for several days. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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