DETUMESCENCE


Meaning of DETUMESCENCE in English

— detumescent , adj.

/dee'tooh mes"euhns, -tyooh-/ , n.

reduction or subsidence of swelling.

[ 1670-80; detumesc ( ere ) to cease swelling ( de- DE- + tumescere to swell) + -ENCE; see TUMESCENCE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .