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swelling

[ swel-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the act of a person or thing that swells.
the condition of being or becoming swollen. swollen.
a swollen swollen part; a protuberance or prominence.
Pathology. an abnormal enlargement or protuberance, as that resulting from edema.

swelling

/ ˈswɛlɪŋ /

the act of expansion or inflation
the state of being or becoming swollen
a swollen or inflated part or area
an abnormal enlargement of a bodily structure or part, esp as the result of injury

First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English; swell + -ing ¹

Swelling, pus, the whole shebang; an angry reaction that lasted weeks.

But then, once this swelling tide has receded, what happens?

Not hard to imagine what drives this number – money, the ever swelling lubricant of elective office.

“I was hospitalized for two or three days waiting for the swelling to disappear,” he recalled.

She was crying so much that an assistant was tasked with giving her ice packs to reduce the swelling.

It is small in cloudy swelling from toxins and drugs, and variable in renal tuberculosis and neoplasms.

With fixed bayonets the troops partially succeeded in holding back the swelling crowd.

It is the earnest wish of (swelling his chest) my future wife and myself that she should take up her abode with us.

Dressed Monte's withers with liniment greatly reducing swelling from saddle-gall.

And swelling with anger, he thought to revenge upon the Jews the injury done by them that had put him to flight.

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