English Explanatory Dictionary

extumescence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A swelling or rising.

Word forms

extumescence extumescences

Etymology

From Latin ex + tumescens, present participle of tumescere, inchoate from tumere (“to swell”). Compare French extumescence.

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