Tumescent \Tu*mes"cent\, a.
Slightly tumid; swollen, as certain moss capsules.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tumescent
adj : abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry
children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly
distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids";
"swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid
flesh" [syn: bloated, distended, puffed, puffy,
swollen, tumid, turgid]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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