tumefaction

noun

The act or process of puffing or swelling.

noun

A swollen condition.

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A puffy or swollen part.

noun

The act or process of swelling or rising into a tumor; also, the condition of being tumefied or swollen.

noun

That which is tumefied or swollen; a tumid part; a tumor.

noun

The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a tumor; a swelling.

noun

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

noun

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