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intumescence(dictionary)
tympanic intumescence(medicine)

intumescence (iou)



intumescence noun. M17.
[French, from Latin intumescere: see INTUMESCE, -ENCE.]
The process of swelling up. M17.
The bubbling up of a fluid or molten mass. M17.
Medicine & Botany. A swelling of any part of the body or of a plant. E19.