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intumescence

1. SYN: enlargement. 2. The process of enlarging or swelling; used to describe the spinal enlargements.

- tympanic i. SYN: tympanic enlargement.

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in·tu·mes·cence -'mes-ən(t)s n

1 a) the action or process of becoming enlarged or swollen

b) the state of being swollen

2) something (as a tumor) that is swollen or enlarged

in·tu·mesce -'mes vi, -mesced; -mesc·ing

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n.

a swelling or an increase in the volume of an organ.

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in·tu·mes·cence (in-too-mesґəns) [L. intumescentia] 1. a swelling, normal or abnormal. 2. the process of swelling.

Medical dictionary. 2011.