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Tumidity

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tu·mid  (tmd, ty-)
adj.
1. Swollen; distended. Used of a body part or organ.
2. Of a bulging shape; protuberant.
3. Overblown; bombastic: tumid political prose.
[Latin tumidus, from tumre, to swell; see teu- in Indo-European roots.]
tu·midi·ty n.
tumid·ly adv.
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Noun1.Tumidity - slight swelling of an organ or parttumidity - slight swelling of an organ or part
tumidness
puffiness, swelling, lump - an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
tumescence - tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues
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