TUMEFACTION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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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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