Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tumescent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tumescent \Tu*mes"cent\, a.
Slightly tumid; swollen, as certain moss capsules.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tumescent
adj : abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry
children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly
distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids";
"swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid
flesh" [syn: {bloated}, {distended}, {puffed}, {puffy},
{swollen}, {tumid}, {turgid}]
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