tumefaction

See also: tuméfaction

English

Etymology

Compare French tuméfaction.

Noun

tumefaction (countable and uncountable, plural tumefactions)

  1. The process or result of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumour.
    • 1658, Edward Phillips, The New World of English Words, London: Nath. Brookes,
      Tumefaction, (lat.) a causing to swell.
    • 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay concerning the Nature of Aliments, London: J. Tonson, Chapter 6, Prop. 2, p. 152,
      The common Signs and Effects of weak Fibres are Paleness, Smoothness, Coldness of the Skin, Colour of the Blood not Florid (for what maketh that is a strong action of the Solids) a weak Pulse, Tumefactions in the whole Body or Parts, Stagnation of Humours […]
    • 1886, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, New York: Knopf, 1919, Chapter 11, p. 226,
      The livid tumefaction spread over the leg, with blisters here and there, whence there oozed a black liquid. Matters were taking a serious turn.
    • 1979, William Styron, Sophie’s Choice, New York: Bantam, 1983, Chapter 7, p. 209,
      Uttering these words, she squeezed my hand, which was now entwined with hers a scant millimeter from the straining tumefaction in my lap […] .
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