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TUMIDNESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Slight swelling of an organ or part

Synonyms:

tumidity; tumidness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

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

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)

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