calescent

[ kuh-les-uh nt ]

/ kəˈlɛs ənt /

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adjective

growing warm; increasing in heat.

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Words nearby calescent

calender, calends, calendula, calenture, calesa, calescent, calexico, calf, calf bone, calf diphtheria, calf love

Origin of calescent

1795–1805; < Latin calēscent- (stem of calēscēns becoming warm, present participle of calēscere), equivalent to cal- (stem of calēre to be warm) + -ēscent- -escent

OTHER WORDS FROM calescent

ca·les·cence, noun

Example sentences from the Web for calescent

This calescent mode of proceeding was adopted with the idea of exciting a counter-irritation in the diseased part.
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