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tumefacient

[too-muh-fey-shuh nt, tyoo-]
adjective
  1. tumefying; causing to swell.
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Origin of tumefacient

1880–85; < Latin tumefacient-, stem of tumefaciēns (present participle of tumefacere to cause to swell). See tumefy, -facient
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British Dictionary definitions for tumefacient

tumefacient

adjective
  1. producing or capable of producing swellinga tumefacient drug
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Word Origin for tumefacient

C16: from Latin tumefacere to cause to swell, from tumēre to swell + facere to cause
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tumefacient in Medicine

tumefacient

(tōō′mə-fā′shənt)
adj.
  1. Producing or tending to produce tumefaction.
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