Tumescent Definition

to͝o-mĕsənt, tyo͝o-
adjective
Somewhat tumid.
American Heritage Medicine
Becoming swollen; swelling.
American Heritage Medicine

Inflated or overblown.

Wiktionary
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Origin of Tumescent

  • Latin tumēscēns tumēscent- present participle of tumēscere to begin to swell inchoative of tumēre to swell teuə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin tumÄ“scÄ“ns (“swelling, bloating")

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

TTUTUM

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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