- a swelling; distention
- a swollen or distended part
Origin of tumescence
from Classical Latin tumescens, present participle of tumescere, to swell up, inceptive of tumere, to swell: see tumortumescence
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tumescence
noun
- a. A swelling or enlarging.b. A swollen condition.
- A swollen part or organ.
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Noun
(plural tumescences)
Origin
1725, initially as tumefaction (1590s), from French tumescence, from Latin tumescens (“swelling"), present participle of tumÄ“scÅ (“I begin to swell"), from tumeÅ (“I swell") + -Ä“scÅ (“I become") (English -esce, in this form -escence), stem from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éhâ‚- (“to be swelling"), stative stem of *tum- (“to swell").
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tumescence - Medical Definition
n.
- A swelling or enlarging.
- A swollen condition.
- A swollen part or organ.
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