tumefaction

See also: tuméfaction

English

Etymology

From Latin tumefaciō. 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, compiler, “Tumefaction”, in The New World of English Words: Or, A General Dictionary: […], London: […] E. Tyler, for Nath[aniel] Brook […], →OCLC, column 1:
      Tumefaction, (lat[in]) 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, Gustave Flaubert, chapter 11, in Eleanor Marx-Aveling, transl., Madame Bovary‎, New York: Knopf, published 1919, page 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, chapter 7, in Sophie’s Choice‎, New York: Bantam, published 1983, page 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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