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tumefy
verb as in swell
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Corpses soon became decomposed, exposed to the sun's torrid rays; the tumefied faces of the dead took on the colour of pitch.
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In some cases the salivary glands become tumefied with a profuse salivation; and the body, and its perspiration, are as yellow as in the jaundice.
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Skin tumefied and diffuse infiltration with a red serosity, with here and there small full� filled with a limpid liquid.
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The tongue was greatly tumefied in one case.
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A cup was exhausted of air and applied to the skin, causing the skin to tumefy.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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