swelling
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(satellite adjective) becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids; "put ice on the swelling ankle" |
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(noun) abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement |
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Synonyms: lump, puffiness |
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Related Words: bloat, bunion, dropsy, edema, intumescence, intumescency, oedema, spermatocele, symptom, tumescence, tumidity, tumidness |
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(noun) the swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) |
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Synonyms: intumescence, intumescency |
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Related Words: chemical action, chemical change, chemical process |
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