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swelling

English

  1. 🔊 an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
  2. 🔊 the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
  3. 🔊 something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
    “the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 hinchazón swelling
  2. 🔊 tumefacción swelling
  3. 🔊 turgencia swelling
  4. 🔊 abotagamiento swelling, inflammation

Similar words

intumescence intumescency bulge bump hump gibbosity gibbousness jut prominence protuberance protrusion extrusion excrescence puffiness lump abscess access accession accretion accrual accruement accumulation addition advance