About The Word Swelling
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Swelling Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Swelling?
[n] the swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
[n] abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement [adj] becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids; "put ice on the swelling ankle" Synonyms | Synonyms for Swelling: injured | intumescence | intumescency | lump | puffiness Related Terms | Find terms related to Swelling: See Also | bloat | bunion | chemical action | chemical change | chemical process | dropsy | edema | haematocele | haematocoele | hematocele | hematocoele | hydrops | intumescence | intumescency | iridoncus | oedema | oscheocele | oscheocoele | spermatocele | symptom | tumidity | tumidness Swelling In Webster's Dictionary \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.), 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.
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