tumefaction

[too-muh-fak-shuhn, tyoo-]

noun

1. an act of making or becoming swollen or tumid.

tumefaction

/ ˌtjuːmɪˈfækʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of swelling

2. a puffy or swollen structure or part

Word History and Origins

Origin of tumefaction¹

1590–1600; < French < Latin tumefactiōn- (stem of tumefactiō a causing to swell), equivalent to tumefact ( us ) (past participle of tumefacere; tumefy ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

There is no pronouncing at once; there is great tumefaction here.

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At the same time the tumefaction of the skin subsides, and the subjective sensations to which it gave rise gradually disappear.

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In one case the unilateral tumefaction and redness persisted, and were, in fact, accompanied by a general hypertrophy of the tissues.

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Slight forms of structural aphonia are of a catarrhal nature, resulting from more or less congestion and tumefaction of the mucous and submucous tissues of the larynx and adjoining parts.

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Inflammation, for example, is characterized by tumefaction, turgescence of the tissues, and redness.

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