TUMESCENT


Meaning of TUMESCENT in English

-s ə nt adjective

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

1. : somewhat tumid, swollen, or inflated

tumescent tissue

2. : bombastic , tumid 3

3. : swelling with fullness of thought or emotion : teeming, pregnant

a tumescent flow of thought — H.G.Wells

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