tumefaction
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There is no pronouncing at once; there is great tumefaction here.
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In all cases there are the swollen, reddened, tender condition of the connecting lymphatics and the tumefaction of the lymphatic glands.
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In one case the unilateral tumefaction and redness persisted, and were, in fact, accompanied by a general hypertrophy of the tissues.
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Slight forms of structural aphonia are of a catarrhal nature, resulting from more or less congestion and tumefaction of the mucous and submucous tissues of the larynx and adjoining parts.
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Inflammation, for example, is characterized by tumefaction, turgescence of the tissues, and redness.
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