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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

tuméfaction

The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a tumor; a swelling.

Arbuthnot.

Noun.

[L. tumefacio, to make tumid. See Tumid.] The act or process of swelling or rising into a tumor; a tumor; a swelling.

See also: tuméfaction

tumefaction ‎(countable and uncountable, plural tumefactions)

The process or result of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumour.
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