Converse of object

• cause: In babies and small children scurvy also causes bleeding under the bone membranes, causing very tender swellings so that infants resent being touched.

• have: Some had swellings or bruises; some had blood or pus seeping from their wounds.

• reduce: In countries such as Turkey and Cyprus, the leaves are used in preparing medicinal remedies to soothe and reduce swellings and inflammations.

• see: In the autumn you are able to see little brown swellings on every twig.

• fill: Polycystic ovaries are characterized by the presence of many small cysts ( fluid filled swellings ) around the surface of the ovaries.

• raise: It causes raised swellings varying in size from 1-2 cms to large lesions up to 10 cm.

Preposition: around

• head: The very first signs we can see are puffy, fluid swellings around the head and face.

Adjective modifier

• painful: In severe cases cysts and painful swellings can then develop.

• small: Don't however cut the remaining stub flush with the trunk, but leave a small swelling which can heal on its own.

• soft: They have symmetrical firm soft tissue swellings of the lower legs.

• large: Larger swellings can be seen only on very rare occasions.

• bony: They can be affected by strain or by wear and tear and may develop bony swellings, causing pressure on nerves.

• scrotal: Diagnosis of scrotal swellings To determine the nature of a scrotal swelling four aspects need to be assessed.

Preposition: on

• root: Nodule: Swellings on the roots of legumes in which nitrogen fixation takes place.

Noun used with modifier

• tissue: They have symmetrical firm soft tissue swellings of the lower legs.

• firm: Heberden's nodes - firm swellings of the end joints of fingers, often painless when fully formed - the hallmark of nodal osteoarthritis.

• tender: In babies and small children scurvy also causes bleeding under the bone membranes, causing very tender swellings so that infants resent being touched.

Preposition: in

• skin: Diagnosis Diagnosis is based upon the typical location and appearance of the swellings in the interdigital skin.

• neck: Signs Th e signs associated with strangles include: Soft tissue swellings in the neck - due to enlargement of the lymph nodes.

Preposition: of

• joint: Heberden's nodes - firm swellings of the end joints of fingers, often painless when fully formed - the hallmark of nodal osteoarthritis.