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swelling

N การ พอง  การบวม  สิ่ง ที่ พอง หรือ บวม  welt wale wart kan-pong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWELLING

ppr. Growing or enlarging in its dimensions; growing tumid; inflating; growing tumid; inflating; growing or making louder.

 

SWELLING

n.A tumor, or any morbid enlargement of the natural size; as a swelling on the hand or leg. 1. Protuberance; prominence.
The superficies of such plates are not even, but have many cavities and swellings.
2. A rising or enlargement by passion; as the swellings of anger, grief or pride.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SWELLING

SWELLING Swell "ing, n.

 

1. The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride. Rise to the swelling of the voiceless sea. Coleridge.

 

2. A protuberance; a prominence; especially (Med. ),

 

Defn: an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling. The superficies of such plates are not even, but have many cavities and swellings. Sir I. Newton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

swelling

swell ing |ˈsweliNG ˈswɛlɪŋ | noun an abnormal enlargement of a part of the body, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid. a natural rounded protuberance: the lobes are prominent swellings on the base of the brain.

 

Oxford Dictionary

swelling

swell |ing |ˈswɛlɪŋ | noun an abnormal enlargement of a part of the body, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid. a natural rounded protuberance: the lobes are prominent swellings on the base of the brain.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

swelling

swelling noun use ice to reduce the swelling: bump, lump, bulge, protuberance, enlargement, distension, prominence, protrusion, node, nodule, tumescence; boil, blister, bunion, carbuncle.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

swelling

swelling noun he had a great swelling under his eye: bump, lump, bulge, inflammation, protuberance, excrescence, enlargement, distension, prominence, protrusion, tumour, node, nodule; boil, blister, bunion, carbuncle, wen, sty, welt; rare tumescence.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

swelling

sw ll ing 名詞 1 C はれもの, こぶ .2 U ふくらむ [はれる ]もの, 増大 [膨張 ](すること ).形容詞 隆起した, はれ上がった .