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TUMEFACTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of tumefying; the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("tumefaction" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Derivation:
tumefy (expand abnormally)
tumefy (cause to become very swollen)
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