extumescence

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

extumescence (plural extumescences)

  1. A swelling or rising.
    • 1842, Louisa Sidney Stanhope, Rosaline:
      Often did her hand press the soft extumescences growing from the sides

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