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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TUMESCENCE

TUMESCENCE Tu *mes "cence, n. [L. tumescens, -entis, p.pr. of tumescere to swell up, v. incho. fr. tumere to swell. ]

 

Defn: The act of becoming tumid; the state of being swollen; intumescence.