tumefacient

American  

[too-muh-fey-shuhnt, tyoo-] / ˌtu məˈfeɪ ʃənt, ˌtyu- /

adjective

1. tumefying; causing to swell.

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tumefacient British  

/ ˌtjuːmɪˈfeɪʃɪənt /

adjective

1. producing or capable of producing swelling

   a tumefacient drug

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Etymology

Origin of tumefacient

1880–85; < Latin tumefacient-, stem of tumefaciēns (present participle of tumefacere “to cause to swell”). See tumefy, -facient ( def. )

Example Sentences

Antonyms: subsidence, detumescence. swelling, a. turgent, tumefacient, tumid, turgid; grandiloquent, bombastic, grandiose. swerve, v. deviate, deflect, diverge, turn aside. swift, a. fleet, rapid, fast, speedy, quick. swiftness, n. celerity, velocity, speed, rapidity, fleetness, quickness. swill, n. hogwash, swillings, draff. swimming, n. natation; dizziness, vertigo, giddiness; transnatation, supernatation.

From Project Gutenberg

Fat and featureless, pink and pincushiony, it was borrowed by gushing maidenhood, exchanged by idiotic maternity, and had grown unctuous and tumefacient under the kisses and embraces of half the hotel.

From Project Gutenberg