TUMESCENCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("tumescence" is a kind of...):

tumidity; tumidness (slight swelling of an organ or part)

Derivation:

tumescent (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas)

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