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

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)

Purpura, with profuse hemorrhages and a livid hue of the skin, is ominous; icteric discoloration, together with marked glandular and periglandular tumefaction, is absolutely fatal.

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

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

This tumefaction spreads more and more, and crackles on pressure.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry