tumescence

English

Etymology

First attested 1725, from French tumescence, from Latin tumescēns (“swelling”), present participle of tumēscō (“I begin to swell”), from tumeō (“I swell”) + -ēscō (“I become”) (English -esce, in this form -escence),[1] stem from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh₁- (“to be swelling”), stative stem of *tum- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /tjuːˈmɛsəns/

Noun

tumescence (countable and uncountable, plural tumescences)

  1. A swelling due to the presence of fluid.
  2. A swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue.

Synonyms

Derived terms
▼ <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*tewh%E2%82%82-' title='Category:English terms derived from the PIE root *tewh₂-'>English terms derived from the PIE root *tewh₂-</a>‎ (0 c, 23 e)
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/axosomatic' title='axosomatic'>axosomatic</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/chromosome' title='chromosome'>chromosome</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/dendrosomatic' title='dendrosomatic'>dendrosomatic</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/intestosomatic' title='intestosomatic'>intestosomatic</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/neurosome' title='neurosome'>neurosome</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/prosoma' title='prosoma'>prosoma</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/soma' title='soma'>soma</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/somatic' title='somatic'>somatic</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/somatical' title='somatical'>somatical</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/somatically' title='somatically'>somatically</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/somato-' title='somato-'>somato-</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/somatology' title='somatology'>somatology</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/-some' title='-some'>-some</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/trifle' title='trifle'>trifle</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/trifling' title='trifling'>trifling</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/tumefaction' title='tumefaction'>tumefaction</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/tumefy' title='tumefy'>tumefy</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/tumescence' title='tumescence'>tumescence</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/tumescent' title='tumescent'>tumescent</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/tumult' title='tumult'>tumult</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/tumultuous' title='tumultuous'>tumultuous</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/tumultus' title='tumultus'>tumultus</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/tumulus' title='tumulus'>tumulus</a>

Translations

References
  1. “tumescence” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

French

Noun

tumescence f (plural tumescences)

  1. tumescence

Derived terms
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