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tu⋅me⋅fac⋅tion

  [too-muh-fak-shuhn, tyoo-]
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–noun
an act of making or becoming swollen or tumid.
Origin:
1590–1600; < F < L tumefactiōn- (s. of tumefactiō a causing to swell), equiv. to tumefact(us) (ptp. of tumefacere; see tumefy ) + -iōn- -ion
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tu·me·fac·tion   (tōō'mə-fāk'shən, tyōō'-)   
n.  
    1. The act or process of puffing or swelling.
    2. A swollen condition.
  2. A puffy or swollen part.

[French tuméfaction, from Latin tumefacere, to tumefy; see tumefacient.]
tu'me·fac'tive (-tĭv) adj.
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