| detumescence | (n) diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen |
| intumescence | (n) swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion), Syn. intumescency |
| intumescence | (n) the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water), Syn. swelling, intumescency |
| tumescence | (n) tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues |
| bubble up | (v) move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically, Syn. intumesce |
| puffy | (adj) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas, Syn. intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid |
| swell | (v) expand abnormally, Syn. tumesce, tumefy, intumesce, swell up |
| Detumescence | n. [ L. detumescere to cease swelling; de + tumescere, tumere, to swell. ] Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen. [ R. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Extumescence | n. [ L. ex. + tumescens, p. pr. of tumescere, incho. fr. tumere to swell: cf. F. extumescence. ] A swelling or rising. [ R. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Intumesce | v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Intumesced p. pr. & vb. n. Intumescing ] [ L. intumescere; pref. in- in + tumescere to swell up, incho. fr. tumere to swell. See Tumid. ] To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe. [ 1913 Webster ] In a higher heat, it intumesces, and melts into a yellowish black mass. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Intumescence | n. [ Cf. F. intumescence. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat. [ 1913 Webster ] The intumescence of nations. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Intumescent | a. [ L. intumescens, p. pr. ] Swelling up; expanding. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tumescence | n. [ L. tumescens, -entis, p.pr. of tumescere to swell up, v. incho. fr. tumere to swell. ] The act of becoming tumid; the state of being swollen; intumescence; -- applied especially to the state of swelling of the vascular tissue in the male and female sex organs when they have been stimulated to readiness for sexual intercourse. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ] |
| Tumescent | a. Slightly tumid; swollen, as certain moss capsules. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
