noun · countable / uncountable · rare

tumescence

tumescence · tumescences

опухоль

A swelling due to the presence of fluidA swelling due to the presence of fluid.

/tjuːˈmɛsəns/

Meaning

2 senses

(countable, uncountable)A swelling due to the presence of fluid.
о́пухольópuxolʹ
tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues
(countable, uncountable)A swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue.
о́пухольópuxolʹ

Translations

1 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

swelling due to presence of fluid:

Origin

First attested 1725, from French tumescence, from Latin tumescēns (“swelling”), present pa

First attested 1725, from French tumescence, from Latin tumescēns (“swelling”), present participle of tumēscō (“to begin to swell”), from tumeō (“to swell”) + -ēscō (incohative suffix) (English -esce, in this form -escence), stem from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh₁- (“to be swelling”), stative stem of *tum- (“to swell”).

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