Definition of swelling

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Swellfish (n.) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon..

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Wavy :: Wavy (a.) Rising or swelling in waves; full of waves.
Node :: Node (n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling..
Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent..
Chilblain :: Chilblain (n.) A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration..
Big :: Big (superl.) Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively.
Protuberation :: Protuberation (n.) The act of swelling beyond the surrounding surface.
Boss :: Boss (n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood..
Anasarca :: Anasarca (n.) Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin..
Botch :: Botch (n.) A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.
Boiling :: Boiling (a.) Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion..
Quinsy :: Quinsy (n.) An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent, especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling, painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever. It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; -- called also squinancy, and squinzey..
Bagging :: Bagging (n.) The act of swelling; swelling.
Inflammation :: Inflammation (n.) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain..
Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.
Emphysema :: Emphysema (n.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.
Throstling :: Throstling (n.) A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation..
Hemorrhoids :: Hemorrhoids (n. pl.) Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods..
Flood :: Flood (v. i.) A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation..
Proctocele :: Proctocele (n.) Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani..
Knot :: Knot (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance..
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