tumefaction

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In severe cases of this complication the tumefaction extends from ear to ear, filling up the space below and around the angles of the jaw and under the chin.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

On the third day all tumefaction had subsided and there was no complaint whatever.

From An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers by Higginbottom, John

The tumefaction speedily subsides, the features become recognizable, and defervescence is complete.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Thus by the law of tumefaction, death can and does succumb to its indomitable will.

From Philosophy of Osteopathy by Still, A. T. (Andrew Taylor)

Polypus of the nose, tumefaction of lungs, lymphatics, liver, kidneys, uterus, and even the brain itself.

From Philosophy of Osteopathy by Still, A. T. (Andrew Taylor)