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tu⋅mid

  [too-mid, tyoo-]
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–adjective
1. swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
2. pompous or inflated, as language; turgid; bombastic.
3. seeming to swell; bulging.
Origin:
1535–45; < L tumidus swollen, equiv. to tum(ēre) to swell + -idus -id 4

Related forms:
tu⋅mid⋅i⋅ty, tu⋅mid⋅ness, noun
tu⋅mid⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. distended, turgid. 2. flatulent.

Antonyms:
1. deflated.
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tu·mid   (tōō'mĭd, tyōō'-)   
adj.  

  1. Swollen; distended. Used of a body part or organ.

  2. Of a bulging shape; protuberant.

  3. Overblown; bombastic: tumid political prose.


[Latin tumidus, from tumēre, to swell; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.]
tu·mid'i·ty n., tu'mid·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

tumid 
"morbidly swollen," 1541, from L. tumidus, from tumere "to swell" (see thigh). Fig. sense (in ref. to prose, etc.) is attested from 1648.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tu·mid
Pronunciation: 't(y)ü-m&d
Function: adjective
: marked by swelling : SWOLLEN tumid leg> —tu·mid·i·ty /t(y)ü-'mid-&t-E/ noun plural -ties
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

tumid tu·mid (t&oomacr;'mĭd, ty&oomacr;'-)
adj.

  1. Swollen; distended. Used of a body part or organ.

  2. Of a bulging shape; protuberant.

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