1. The process of fever subsiding or returning to normal body temperature; the gradual reduction of fever.
Usage: medical; plural form of defervescence

Examples

• The patient experienced defervescences over the course of three days as the infection cleared.
• Multiple defervescences were recorded in the medical chart as the child's temperature fluctuated.
• The doctor monitored the defervescences carefully to ensure the fever was truly resolving.
• Defervescences often occur gradually rather than suddenly in viral infections.
• The nursing staff documented all defervescences and corresponding vital signs throughout the patient's hospital stay.