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adjective

tumescent

too-MESS-unt/tuːˈmesnt/

Swollen or becoming swollen.

The hand is mildly tumescent around the insect bite.

A mildly swollen hand after an insect bite, clean non-graphic medical context.
Etymology
tumLatinto swell
+escentLatinbegin to

The pieces express beginning to swell, emphasizing a developing condition. This gives tumescent its sense of tissue swelling up or being in a swollen state.

In context

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More examples

  • His lips look tumescent after an allergic reaction.
  • The scan reveals a tumescent gland pressing against nearby tissue.
  • During sexual arousal, erectile tissue becomes tumescent.

Forms

tumescent

tumescence noun — The state of being swollen.

Similar words

swollen
The everyday term for tissue or objects enlarged by swelling.
distended
Stretched outward, usually by pressure from gas or fluid.
engorged
Swollen specifically from being filled with blood or fluid.