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TUMIDITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
