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1. (n.) swelling
the act of a person or thing that swells.
2. swelling
a swollen part.
3. swelling
an abnormal enlargement or protuberance, as that resulting from edema.
Etymology: (bef. 900)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) swelling, puffiness, lump
an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
2. (noun) bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
"the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
3. (noun) intumescence, intumescency, swelling
the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
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1. (noun) swelling
a place on your body that has swollen
swelling around her knee
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) swelling
the act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride
2. (noun) swelling
a protuberance; a prominence
3. (noun) swelling
an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling
4. swelling
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Sense: a swollen area, especially on the body as a result of injury, disease etc
She had a swelling on her arm where the wasp had stung her.
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 Afrikaans: opswelling |
 Arabic: إنْتِفاخ الجِلْد |
 Bulgarian: издут |
 Brazilian: inchaço |
 Czech: otok |
 German: die Schwellung |
 Danish: hævelse; bule |
 Greek: πρήξιμο |
 Spanish: hinchazón, tumefacción |
 Estonian: paistetus |
 Farsi: ورم |
 Finnish: turvotus |
 French: enflure |
 Hebrew: נְפִיחוּת |
 Hindi: महातरंग, सूजन, फुलाव, वृद |
 Croatian: oteklina, nabreklina |
 Hungarian: duzzanat |
 Indonesian: pembengkakan |
 Icelandic: bólga, þroti |
 Italian: gonfiore |
 Japanese: はれもの |
 Korean: 혹, 부음 |
 Lithuanian: patinimas, ištinimas |
 Latvian: pietūkums; uztūkums |
 Malay: bengkak |
 Dutch: opzwelling |
 Norwegian: hevelse, kul |
 Polish: obrzęk |
 Persian: ورم |
 Pashto: پړسوب |
 Portuguese: inchaço |
 Romanian: umflare; umflătură |
 Russian: опухоль; припухлость |
 Slovak: opuch(lina) |
 Slovenian: oteklina |
 Serbian: otok |
 Swedish: svullnad |
 Thai: การพอง; การบวม |
 Turkish: şiş, şişlik |
 Taiwanese: 腫脹 |
 Ukrainian: опух; набрякання |
 Urdu: گومڑ یا ورم |
 Vietnamese: sự sưng lên, chỗ tấy lên |
 Chinese: 肿胀 |
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