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TUMESCENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("tumescence" is a kind of...):
tumidity; tumidness (slight swelling of an organ or part)
Derivation:
tumescent (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas)
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