About The Word Intumescence
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Intumescence
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What's The Definition Of Intumescence?
[n] the swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
[n] swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion) Synonyms | Synonyms for Intumescence: intumescency | intumescency | swelling Related Terms | Find terms related to Intumescence: benign tumor | bloat | bloatedness | bloating | blowing up | boil | bump | bunion | callosity | callus | cancer | carbuncle | carcinoma | corn | cyst | diastole | dilatation | dilation | distension | dropsy | edema | excrescence | flatulence | flatulency | flatus | fungosity | fungus | furuncle | gassiness | growth | inflation | lump | malignant growth | metastatic tumor | meteorism | mole | morbid growth | neoplasm | nevus | nonmalignant tumor | outgrowth | pimple | pock | proud flesh | puff | puffiness | puffing | pustule | rising | sarcoma | sebaceous cyst | stretching | swell | swellage | swelling | swollenness | tumefaction | tumescence | tumidity | tumidness | tumor | turgescence | turgescency | turgidity | turgidness | tympanism | tympany | verruca | wart | wen | windiness See Also | chemical action | chemical change | chemical process | haematoma | hematoma | lump | puffiness | swelling Intumescence In Webster's Dictionary \In`tu*mes"cence\, n. [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.
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