tumefy
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of tumefy
1590–1600; back formation from tumefied, Anglicization of Latin tumefactus (past participle of tumefacere to cause to swell), equivalent to tume ( re ) to swell + -factus made, done; see fact, -fy
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During the minute that the skin was allowed to tumefy under the cup, the scarificator was warmed in the palm of the hand in preparation for the most difficult part of the operation.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Toby Appel
A cup was exhausted of air and applied to the skin, causing the skin to tumefy.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Toby Appel
His eyes were injected with blood, his lips tumefied.
From The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Their skins and faces were tumefied by the wind, salt water and sun; the epidermis of their hands was renewed three times; their legs were anchylosed; and they were worn out.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 by Various
The parts are tumefied, but not more, nor even so much as one night have expected.
From The Dog by William Youatt
Sometimes the mouth is kept open, permitting the tumefied tongue to protrude.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
He lay upon the table, screaming, because his abdomen was very painful and his hip was all tumefied.
From The New Book of Martyrs by Florence Simmonds
It is as if the little boy had been taught to believe that by never saying the word mumps, he could save his playmate from tumefying glands.
From Nonsenseorship by G. G. Putnam
A tumefying condition undoubtedly marks the beginning of all catarrhal diseases.
From Philosophy of Osteopathy by A. T. (Andrew Taylor) Still
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