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intumescence

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTUMESCENCE

n.[supra. ] The action of swelling. 1. A swell; a swelling with bubbles; a rising and enlarging; a tumid state.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INTUMESCENCE

In `tu *mes "cence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. intumescence. ]

1. The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat. The intumescence of nations. Johnson.

2. Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.

Oxford Thesaurus

intumescence

intumescence noun rare the intumescence of the abdomen on the right side. See swelling.