tumefy
Meanings
verb
- To cause to swell.
- To swell; to rise into a tumour.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From French tuméfier, from Latin tumefaciō, ultimately from tumeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh₁- (“to be swelling”), stative stem of *tum- (“to swell”).
Derived words
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