tumefying

Variant of tumefy

transitive verb, intransitive verb tumefied, tumefying

to make or become swollen

Origin: Fr tuméfier, as if < L *tumeficere, for tumefacere, to cause to swell < tumere, to swell (see tumor) + facere, to make, do

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