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Tumefaction

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process or result of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumour. countable, uncountable

    "Tumefaction, (lat[in]) a cauſing to ſwell."

  2. 2
    the process of tumefying; the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within it wordnet

Etymology

From Latin tumefaciō. Compare French tuméfaction.

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