swelling

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noun

1. an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
puffiness, lump
• Derivationally related forms:
puffy (for: puffiness), swell
• Hypernyms:
enlargement, symptom
• Hyponyms:
spermatocele, bloat, bunion, edema, oedema,
hydrops, dropsy, hematocele, haematocele, hematocoele, haematocoele,
intumescence, intumescency, iridoncus, lymphogranuloma, oscheocele, oscheocoele,
tumidity, tumidness
2. the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
• Syn:
intumescence, intumescency
• Hypernyms:
chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
3. 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
• Syn:
bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness,
jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
• Derivationally related forms:
excrescent (for: excrescence), protrude (for: protrusion), protuberant (for: protuberance), protuberate (for: protuberance), gibbous (for: gibbousness), gibbous (for: gibbosity), hump (for: hump), bulgy (for: bulge), bulge (for: bulge)
• Hypernyms:
projection
• Hyponyms:
frontal eminence, occipital protuberance, belly, caput, mogul,
nub, nubble, snag, wart

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  intumescence, intumescency, puffiness, lump