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tumescent

Adjective

tu=mes=cent

WORDNET DICTIONARY

tumescent(s = adj.all) intumescent, puffy, tumid, turgid - abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"

Derived forms verb tumesce₁, noun tumescence₁

tumescent, a.

Slightly tumid; swollen, as certain moss capsules. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

tumescent, adj.
1 becoming tumid; swelling.
2 swelling as a response to sexual stimulation.

Derivative

tumescence n. tumescently adv.

Etymology

L tumescere (as TUMEFY)

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