Tumefaction
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tumefaction is a noun meaning The process or result of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumour.
Meaning
The process or result of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumour.
Example Sentences
Tumefaction, (lat[in]) a cauſing to ſwell.
Uttering these words, she squeezed my hand, which was now entwined with hers a scant millimeter from the straining tumefaction in my lap […].
The livid tumefaction spread over the leg, with blisters here and there, whence there oozed a black liquid. Matters were taking a serious turn.
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 […]
Word Forms
- tumefactions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include turgescence, intumescence, extumescence, swell, swelling, extuberance.
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