TUMIDITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Slight swelling of an organ or part

Synonyms:

tumidity; tumidness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("tumidity" is a kind of...):

lump; puffiness; swelling (an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tumidity"):

tumescence (tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues)

Derivation:

tumid (of sexual organs; stiff and rigid)

tumid (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas)