退热期; 热退期; 止沸
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.
A defervescency in holy actions. --Jer. Taylor.
2. (Med.) The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage
of defervescence in pneumonia.
defervescence
n : abatement of a fever