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tumefaction

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The process or result of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay concerning the Nature of Aliments, London: J. Tonson, Chapter 6, Prop. 2, p. 152, The common Signs and Effects of weak Fibres are Paleness, Smoothness, Coldness of the Skin, Colour of the Blood not Florid (for what maketh that is a strong action of the Solids) a weak Pulse, Tumefactions in the whole Body or Parts, Stagnation of Humours [...]

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noun

Meaning 2

the process of tumefying; the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: organic process, biological process

History

Etymology

From Latin tumefaciō. Compare French tuméfaction.