tumefaction

[ too-muh-fak-shuhn, tyoo- ]
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noun
  1. an act of making or becoming swollen or tumid.

Origin of tumefaction

1
1590–1600; <French <Latin tumefactiōn- (stem of tumefactiō a causing to swell), equivalent to tumefact(us) (past participle of tumefacere;see tumefy) + -iōn--ion

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British Dictionary definitions for tumefaction

tumefaction

/ (ˌtjuːmɪˈfækʃən) /


noun
  1. the act or process of swelling

  2. a puffy or swollen structure or part

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