TUMEFACTION


Meaning of TUMEFACTION in English

/tooh'meuh fak"sheuhn, tyooh'-/ , n.

an act of making or becoming swollen or tumid.

[ 1590-1600; tumefaction- (s. of tumefactio a causing to swell), equiv. to tumefact ( us ) (ptp. of tumefacere; see TUMEFY) + -ion- -ION ]

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