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Definition: Tumefaction |
TumefactionNoun1. The process of tumefying; the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within it. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | An enlargement, elevation or protuberance, usually associated with a disease process. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Expansion | Noun: expansion; increase; of size; enlargement, extension, augmentation; amplification, ampliation; aggrandizement, spread, increment, growth, development, pullulation, swell, dilation, rarefaction; turgescence, turgidness, turgidity; dispansion; obesity; (size); hydrocephalus, hydrophthalmus; dropsy, tumefaction, intumescence, swelling, tumor, diastole, distension; puffing, puffiness; inflation; pandiculation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "tumefaction"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | gungë (boss, bump, gibbosity, hummock, hump, hunch, knob, knot, knur, knurl, knurr, node, nub, overgrowth, promontory, protuberance, swell, swelling, tuber, tubercle), e ënjtur (neoplasm, oedema), ënjtje (edema, intumescence, swelling, tumescence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ورم (bulge, bump, growth, lump, neoplasm, node, swell, swelling, tumid, tumor, tumour), تورم (become swollen, swell, swelling, tumefy, tumescence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | оток (intumescence, oedema, protuberance, swelling, tumor, tumour), отичане (intumescence, swelling), подутина (bump, gibbosity, lump, promontory, protuberance, swell, swelling), подуване (intumescence, swelling, tumescence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | otok (Edema, intumescence, swelling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tumefaktion (swelling), svulmen (swelling), opsvulmen (swell, swelling), hævelse (intumescence, swelling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tumescentia (swelling), tumefactio (swelling), tumefactie (swelling), zwelling tumescentie (swelling), intumescentie (intumescence, swelling), intumescentia (intumescence, swelling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tuméfaction. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schwellung (bulge, swelling, tumescence, tumidity), Anschwellung (swelling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εξοίδηση (intumescence, swelling), οίδημα (bump, knob, swell, whelp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תפיחות (puffiness, swelling, tumescence, tumidity), תפיח" (lump, protuberance, swell, swelling), פיחות (swelling, tumidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | daganat (bulge, bump, fester, knob, lump, new growth, swelling, tumid, tumor, tumour, ulcer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | bengkak (bloat, bubo, bulge, protuberant, swell, swollen, tumefy, tumescent, tumid, tumor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tumefazione (swelling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | umefactiontay tumefação (swelling). (various references) tumefacţie. (various references) опухание (intumescence, swelling). (various references) otok (intumescence, oedema, swelling, tumescence), oticanje (intumescence, onflow). (various references) tumefacción (swelling). (various references) kabartı (blotch, bulging, exanthema, protuberance, puff, puffiness, pustule, raise, swelling, whelk), şişme (distension, inflatable, inflated, intumescence, puff, puffing, swell, swelling), şişirme (fustian, inflation, overcharge, overstatement, puff, puffery, puffing, puffing up, swelling, turgescence, verbiage), şiş (blown up, broach, bulge, concretion, knitting needle, needle, protuberant, rising, roasting jack, skewer, spit, swell, swelling, turgescence, turgid, wart). (various references) sự sưng khối u. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tumefaction": tumefactions. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "tumefaction" (pronounced 'Tu`me*fac"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-i-m-n-o-t-t-u" | |
-3 letters: aconitum, coinmate, confetti, factotum, fetation, mutation, neumatic, taconite, tunicate. | |
-4 letters: aconite, amniote, auction, automen, catmint, caution, centimo, confute, encomia, faction, fitment, manitou, nematic, nictate, nutmeat, outface, taction, tetanic, timeout, tinamou, tomenta, tonemic, tonetic, totemic, tunicae, uniface. | |
-5 letters: acetin, acetum, action, acumen, aecium, aeonic, amount, anemic, anomic, anomie, atomic, atonic, attune, auntie, camion, cation. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-f-i-m-n-o-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: tumefactions. | |
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