tumefy
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During the minute that the skin was allowed to tumefy under the cup, the scarificator was warmed in the palm of the hand in preparation for the most difficult part of the operation.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
A cup was exhausted of air and applied to the skin, causing the skin to tumefy.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
Occasionally, the joints assume a tumefied appearance, generally ulcerating, and causing painful wounds.
From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Jennings, Robert
I examined the boy's feet, and found them red, shining and tumefied, with other indications of a severe attack of chilblains.
From Finger Posts on the Way of Life by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
The parts are tumefied, but not more, nor even so much as one night have expected.
From The Dog by Youatt, William
Of course, Thacher's case, wherein the "abdomen was remarkably tumefied and tense," came into memory at once.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
The tongue was greatly tumefied in one case.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
A tumefying condition undoubtedly marks the beginning of all catarrhal diseases.
From Philosophy of Osteopathy by Still, A. T. (Andrew Taylor)
It is as if the little boy had been taught to believe that by never saying the word mumps, he could save his playmate from tumefying glands.
From Nonsenseorship by Putnam, G. G.
