intumescence

intumescence
Synonyms and related words:
benign tumor, bloat, bloatedness, bloating, blowing up, boil, bump, bunion, callosity, callus, cancer, carbuncle, carcinoma, corn, cyst, diastole, dilatation, dilation, distension, dropsy, edema, excrescence, flatulence, flatulency, flatus, fungosity, fungus, furuncle, gassiness, growth, inflation, lump, malignant growth, metastatic tumor, meteorism, mole, morbid growth, neoplasm, nevus, nonmalignant tumor, outgrowth, pimple, pock, proud flesh, puff, puffiness, puffing, pustule, rising, sarcoma, sebaceous cyst, stretching, swell, swellage, swelling, swollenness, tumefaction, tumescence, tumidity, tumidness, tumor, turgescence, turgescency, turgidity, turgidness, tympanism, tympany, verruca, wart, wen, windiness

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  • intumescence — [ ɛ̃tymesɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1611; du lat. intumescere → tumeur ♦ Didact. Fait d enfler, de gonfler. Intumescence des chairs, de la rate. ⇒ enflure, gonflement, tuméfaction. Adj. INTUMESCENT, ENTE . ♢ Mécan. Onde de surface dans un canal découvert de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Intumescence — In tu*mes cence, 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • intumescence — 1650s, from Fr. intumescence, from L. intumescere (see INTUMESCENT (Cf. intumescent)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • intumescence — [in΄to͞omes′əns, in΄tyo͞omes′əns] n. [Fr] 1. an intumescing or being intumesced 2. a swollen or enlarged organ or mass, as a tumor; swelling intumescent adj …   English World dictionary

  • intumescence — (in tu mè ssan s ) s. f. Terme didactique. Action par laquelle une chose s enfle. L intumescence des mers par l action combinée du soleil et de la lune. •   Et quoique son flux [de la mer] ne s élève qu à la hauteur de quinze pieds dans ses plus… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • INTUMESCENCE — s. f. T. didactique. Action par laquelle une chose s enfle. L intumescence des chairs …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • INTUMESCENCE — n. f. T. didactique Action par laquelle une chose s’enfle. L’intumescence des chairs …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • intumescence — noun Etymology: French, from Latin intumescere to swell up, from in + tumescere to swell more at tumescence Date: 1650 a swollen or enlarged part of a plant or animal; also the process of swelling up or enlarging …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • intumescence — intumescent, adj. /in too mes euhns, tyoo /, n. 1. a swelling up, as with congestion. 2. the state of being swollen. 3. a swollen mass. [1650 60; < F; see INTUMESCE, ENCE] * * * …   Universalium

  • intumescence — noun a) the process of swelling up or the condition of being swollen b) an instance of such swelling See Also: intumescent …   Wiktionary

  • intumescence — 1. SYN: enlargement. 2. The process of enlarging or swelling; used to describe the spinal enlargements. tympanic i. SYN: tympanic enlargement. * * * in·tu·mes·cence mes ən(t)s n 1 a) the action or process of becoming enlarged o …   Medical dictionary

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