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Definition of Swelling
- the swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
- abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids; "put ice on the swelling ankle"
Hyponyms: spermatocele, bloat, bunion, edema, oedema, hydrops, dropsy, hematocele, haematocele, hematocoele, haematocoele, intumescence, intumescency, iridoncus, oscheocele, oscheocoele, tumidity, tumidness
Derivational Morphology: swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
Anagrams: wingless
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