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tumescence


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tumescence  \Tu*mes"cence\,  n.  [L.  tumescens,  -entis,  p.pr.  of 
  tumescere  to  swell  up  v.  incho.  fr  tumere  to  swell.] 
  The  act  of  becoming  tumid;  the  state  of  being  swollen; 
  intumescence. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tumescence 
  n  :  slight  swelling  [syn:  {tumidity},  {tumidness}] 




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