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TUMEFACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tumefaction mean? 

TUMEFACTION (noun)
  The noun TUMEFACTION has 1 sense:

1. the process of tumefying; the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within itplay

  Familiarity information: TUMEFACTION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TUMEFACTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of tumefying; the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("tumefaction" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Derivation:

tumefy (expand abnormally)

tumefy (cause to become very swollen)


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