tumefaction
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Webster's definition of tumefaction is to swell by any fluids or solids being detained abnormally at any place in the body.
From Philosophy of Osteopathy by A. T. (Andrew Taylor) Still
There is no pronouncing at once; there is great tumefaction here.
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
Thus by the law of tumefaction, death can and does succumb to its indomitable will.
From Philosophy of Osteopathy by A. T. (Andrew Taylor) Still
The lameness which follows it is accompanied with enormous tumefaction of the joint, pain, inability to bear weight upon the foot, and finally disease of the articulation.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
The neighboring glands become swollen; the periglandular tissue does likewise, so that the circumference of the neck becomes enormous, and the space between the lower jaw and the clavicle appears one immense tumefaction.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
