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noun
A swelling due to the presence of fluid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: tumidity, turgescence, turgidity, turgor, bloatedness, bloating, distension, ectasia, ectasis, intumescence, inturgescence, nodosity, swelling, swollenness, tumescence
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tumidity, tumidness
History
First attested 1725, from French tumescence, from Latin tumescēns (“swelling”), present participle of tumēscō (“to begin to swell”), from tumeō (“to swell”) + -ēscō (incohative suffix) (English -esce, in this form -escence), stem from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh1- (“to be swelling”), stative stem of *tum- (“to swell”).
Across languages
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