TUMESCENT


Meaning of TUMESCENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -s ə nt ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin tumescent-, tumescens, present participle of tumescere to swell up, inchoative of tumēre to swell

Date: 1882

: somewhat swollen

tumescent tissue

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