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swelling(2)(dictionary)
Swelling(medicine)
swelling(1)(dictionary)
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swelling(2) (iou)



swelling noun. OE.
[from SWELL verb + -ING1.]
A swollen, distended, or protuberant part of something; a protuberance; spec. a part of the body enlarged as a result of disease or injury. OE.
P. Mailloux Regular spraying of his larynx..began to reduce the swelling.
The process or an instance of swelling, becoming distended or rising in intensity etc.; the condition of having become swollen; distension, dilatation, expansion; spec. enlargement of part of the body as a result of disease or injury. ME.
S. Johnson To repress the swellings of vain hope. C. Easton Glandular fever..causes swelling of the lymph glands and spleen.
a. A swelling wave, tide, or flood. arch. LME.
b. The rising of water above the ordinary level; the swell of the sea; the rise of the tide. arch. M16.
Inflation by pride, vanity, etc.; proud or arrogant behaviour or feeling, swagger. arch. LME.