tumescence

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A swelling due to the presence of fluid.
2. (countable, uncountable) A swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue.

Synonyms

swelling

tumefaction

protuberance

tumor

tumour

turgor

intumescency

inflammation

protuberancy

intumescence

Translations

tumescence

opzwelling

zwelling

Schwellung

التورّم

tumescencia

πρήξιμο

enfiagione

tumescenza

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tjuːˈmɛsəns/

Etymology

Cognate with English: -esce

In summary

First attested 1725, from French tumescence, from Latin tumescēns (“swelling”), present participle of tumēscō (“I begin to swell”), from tumeō (“I swell”) + -ēscō (“I become”) (English -esce, in this form -escence), stem from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh₁- (“to be swelling”), stative stem of *tum- (“to swell”).