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 Toby Appel
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 Toby Appel
His eyes were injected with blood, his lips tumefied.
From The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
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 Robert Jennings
On the second day the spots are larger, and the integument is slightly tumefied at the centre of each.
From The Dog by William Youatt
He lay upon the table, screaming, because his abdomen was very painful and his hip was all tumefied.
From The New Book of Martyrs by Florence Simmonds
The tongue was greatly tumefied in one case.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Francis E. Anstie
A tumefying condition undoubtedly marks the beginning of all catarrhal diseases.
From Philosophy of Osteopathy by A. T. (Andrew Taylor) Still
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 G. G. Putnam
