In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
DEFERVESCENCE
defervescence
(noun) abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
defervescence (countable and uncountable, plural defervescences)
The departure or subsiding of a fever.
Source: Wiktionary
De`fer*ves"cence, De`fer*ves"cency, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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