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Definition of tumescent in English English dictionary
- swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue
- inflated or overblown
- swollen or swelling (present participle of tumescere , from tumere; TUMOR)
- swollen or distended with fluid
- Slightly tumid; swollen, as certain moss capsules
- {s} swollen, puffy; affected by many emotions; bombastic
- 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"
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