tumefy
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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- untumefied adjective
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; fact, -fy
Example Sentences
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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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