tumefaction
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This tumefaction consists essentially of a cerogelatinous exudate into the subcutaneous and intermuscular tissues.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
A thick diphtheritic pellicle occurred upon the under surface of each eyelid on the left side, with great tumefaction of both lids, gangrene of the cornea, and destruction of the eye.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The livid tumefaction spread over the leg, with blisters here and there, whence oozed a black liquid.
From Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life by Gustave Flaubert
In all cases there are the swollen, reddened, tender condition of the connecting lymphatics and the tumefaction of the lymphatic glands.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Thence the disease progresses over the face, and possibly over the scalp also, the resulting tumefaction being occasionally, as already stated, enormous.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
