tu·me·fa·cient (t  m -f  shnt, ty-)adj. Producing or tending to produce swelling or tumefaction. [Latin tumefaci  ns, tumefacient-, present participle of tumefacere, to tumefy : tumre, to swell; see teu- in Indo-European roots + facere, to make; see dh- in Indo-European roots.] |
tumefacient [ˌtjuːmɪˈfeɪʃɪənt]
adj
(Medicine) producing or capable of producing swelling a tumefacient drug
[from Latin tumefacere to cause to swell, from tumēre to swell + facere to cause]
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