swelling (redirected from swellings)

swell·ing  (swlng)

n.

1. The state of being swollen.

2. Something swollen, especially an abnormally swollen body part or area.

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swelling [ˈswɛlɪŋ]

n

1. the act of expansion or inflation

2. the state of being or becoming swollen

3. a swollen or inflated part or area

4. (Medicine / Pathology) an abnormal enlargement of a bodily structure or part, esp as the result of injury Related adj tumescent

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Swelling a rising emotion; an inflation by pride, etc.

Examples: swelling of the deep, 1781; of grief, 1709; of heads—Daily Telegraph, 1984; of vain hopes, 1750; of floating tide, 1676.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swelling - an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement puffiness, lump spermatocele - a swelling on the epididymis or the testis; usually contains spermatozoa symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease enlargement - the state of being enlarged bloat - swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas bunion - a painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe dropsy, edema, hydrops, oedema - swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities haematocele, haematocoele, hematocele, hematocoele - swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis) intumescence, intumescency - swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion) iridoncus - swelling of the iris of the eye lymphogranuloma - swelling of a lymph node oscheocele, oscheocoele - swelling of the scrotum tumidity, tumidness - slight swelling of an organ or part
	2.	swelling - 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" excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, bulge, protrusion, protuberance, bump, prominence frontal eminence - either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit occipital protuberance - prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone belly - a part that bulges deeply; "the belly of a sail" caput - a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula" mogul - a bump on a ski slope nub, nubble - a small lump or protuberance snag - a sharp protuberance wart - any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from something
	3.	swelling - the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) intumescence, intumescency chemical action, chemical change, chemical process - (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved

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swelling

noun enlargement, lump, puffiness, bump, blister, bulge, inflammation, dilation, protuberance, distension, tumescence There is some swelling and he is being detained for observation.

Related words
adjective tumescent

Translations

swelling [ˈswelɪŋ] N (Med) → hinchazón f

swelling [ˈswɛlɪŋ] n

(= condition of being swollen) → gonflement m, enflure f

(= bump) → grosseur f

swelling

n

→ Verdickung f; (Med) → Schwellung f

(= act, of ankle, arm, eye, sound) → Anschwellen nt; (of sails) → Blähen nt; (of wood) → Quellen nt; (of population, debt etc) → Anwachsen nt

adj attr ankle etc → (an)schwellend; sails → gebläht; sound → anschwellend; numbers → steigend, anwachsend, zunehmend; line, curve → geschwungen; her swelling breasts → die Wölbung ihrer Brüste

swelling [ˈswɛlɪŋ] n (Med) → gonfiore m, tumefazione f