| swelling | | |
| n. (state) | 1. lump, puffiness, swelling | an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement. |
| ~ spermatocele | a swelling on the epididymis or the testis; usually contains spermatozoa. |
| ~ symptom | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease. |
| ~ enlargement | the state of being enlarged. |
| ~ bloat | swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas. |
| ~ bunion | a painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe. |
| ~ dropsy, edema, hydrops, oedema | swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities. |
| ~ haematocele, haematocoele, hematocele, hematocoele | swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis). |
| ~ intumescence, intumescency | swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion). |
| ~ iridoncus | swelling of the iris of the eye. |
| ~ lymphogranuloma | swelling of a lymph node. |
| ~ oscheocele, oscheocoele | swelling of the scrotum. |
| ~ tumidity, tumidness | slight swelling of an organ or part. |
| n. (shape) | 2. bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings.; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" |
| ~ frontal eminence | either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit. |
| ~ occipital protuberance | prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone. |
| ~ belly | a part that bulges deeply.; "the belly of a sail" |
| ~ caput | a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure.; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula" |
| ~ mogul | a bump on a ski slope. |
| ~ nub, nubble | a small lump or protuberance. |
| ~ snag | a sharp protuberance. |
| ~ wart | any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals). |
| ~ projection | any solid convex shape that juts out from something. |
| n. (process) | 3. intumescence, intumescency, swelling | the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water). |
| ~ chemical action, chemical change, chemical process | (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved. |
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