What does tumefy mean?
Definitions for tumefy
ˈtu məˌfaɪ, ˈtyu-tume·fy
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Princeton's WordNet
tumefyverb
cause to become very swollen
swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesceverb
expand abnormally
"The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
Wiktionary
tumefyverb
to cause to swell
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Tumefyverb
To swell; to make to swell.
Etymology: tumefacio, Lat.
I applied three small causticks triangular about the tumified joint. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.
A fleshy excrescence, exceeding hard and tumefied, supposed to demand extirpation. Samuel Sharp, Surgery.
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tumefy
To tumefy means to cause to swell or become swollen.
Webster Dictionary
Tumefyverb
to swell; to cause to swell, or puff up
Tumefyverb
to rise in a tumor; to swell
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tumefy
tū′me-fī, v.t. to cause to swell.—v.i. to swell: to rise in a tumour:—pa.t. and pa.p. tū′mefīed.—n. Tumefac′tion, tumour: swelling. [L. tumefacĕre—tumēre, to swell, facĕre, to make.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tumefy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tumefy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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