tumefy

[too-muh-fahy, tyoo-]

verb (used with or without object)

tumefied, tumefying 

1. to make or become swollen or tumid.

tumefy

/ ˈtjuːmɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. to make or become tumid; swell or puff up

Other Word Forms

• untumefied adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tumefy¹

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; fact, -fy

Word History and Origins

Origin of tumefy¹

C16: from French tumēfier , from Latin tumefacere ; see _tumefacient

Example Sentences

Corpses soon became decomposed, exposed to the sun's torrid rays; the tumefied faces of the dead took on the colour of pitch.

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In some cases the salivary glands become tumefied with a profuse salivation; and the body, and its perspiration, are as yellow as in the jaundice.

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Of course, Thacher's case, wherein the "abdomen was remarkably tumefied and tense," came into memory at once.

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The tongue was greatly tumefied in one case.

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A cup was exhausted of air and applied to the skin, causing the skin to tumefy.

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