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tumescence
(encz) | tumescence,opuchlina n: Zdeněk Brož |
tumescence
(encz) | tumescence,otok n: Zdeněk Brož |
Tumescence
(gcide) | Tumescence \Tu*mes"cence\, n. [L. tumescens, -entis, p.pr. of
tumescere to swell up, v. incho. fr. tumere to swell.]
The act of becoming tumid; the state of being swollen;
intumescence; -- applied especially to the state of swelling
of the vascular tissue in the male and female sex organs when
they have been stimulated to readiness for sexual
intercourse.
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tumescence
(wn) | tumescence
n 1: tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other
fluid in the tissues |
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intumescence
(encz) | intumescence,otok n: Zdeněk Brožintumescence,zduření n: Zdeněk Brož |
tumescence
(encz) | tumescence,opuchlina n: Zdeněk Brožtumescence,otok n: Zdeněk Brož |
Detumescence
(gcide) | Detumescence \De`tu*mes"cence\, n. [L. detumescere to cease
swelling; de + tumescere, tumere, to swell.]
Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen. [R.]
--Cudworth.
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Extumescence
(gcide) | Extumescence \Ex`tu*mes"cence\, n. [L. ex. + tumescens, p. pr.
of tumescere, incho. fr. tumere to swell: cf. F.
extumescence.]
A swelling or rising. [R.] --Cotgrave.
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Intumescence
(gcide) | Intumescence \In`tu*mes"cence\, n. [Cf. F. intumescence.]
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1. The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the
state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially,
the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat.
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The intumescence of nations. --Johnson.
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2. Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.
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detumescence
(wn) | detumescence
n 1: diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen |
intumescence
(wn) | intumescence
n 1: swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)
[syn: intumescence, intumescency]
2: the increase in volume of certain substances when they are
heated (often accompanied by release of water) [syn:
intumescence, intumescency, swelling] |
tumescence
(wn) | tumescence
n 1: tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other
fluid in the tissues |
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