tumefaction

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See also: tuméfaction

English

Etymology

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Compare French tuméfaction.

Noun

tumefaction (countable and uncountable, plural tumefactions)

  1. The process or result of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumour.
    • 1658, Edward Phillips, The New World of English Words, London: Nath. Brookes,[1]
      Tumefaction, (lat.) a causing to swell.
    • 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay concerning the Nature of Aliments, London: J. Tonson, Chapter 6, Prop. 2, p. 152,[2]
      The common Signs and Effects of weak Fibres are Paleness, Smoothness, Coldness of the Skin, Colour of the Blood not Florid (for what maketh that is a strong action of the Solids) a weak Pulse, Tumefactions in the whole Body or Parts, Stagnation of Humours […]
    • 1886, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, New York: Knopf, 1919, Chapter 11, p. 226,[3]
      The livid tumefaction spread over the leg, with blisters here and there, whence there oozed a black liquid. Matters were taking a serious turn.
    • 1979, William Styron, Sophie’s Choice, New York: Bantam, 1983, Chapter 7, p. 209,[4]
      Uttering these words, she squeezed my hand, which was now entwined with hers a scant millimeter from the straining tumefaction in my lap […] .
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