DETUMESCENCE


Meaning of DETUMESCENCE in English

|dē+ noun

( -s )

Etymology: Latin detumesc ere to cease swelling (from de down, away + tumescere to swell up) + English -ence — more at de- , tumescent

: diminution of swelling : subsidence of tumescence

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