swell·ing (sw l  ng)n. 1. The state of being swollen. 2. Something swollen, especially an abnormally swollen body part or area. |
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
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.
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| Noun | 1. |  swelling - an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargementspermatocele - 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 |
| 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 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) chemical action, chemical change, chemical process - (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved |
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
adjective tumescent
Translations
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
swelling [ˈswɛlɪŋ] n (Med) → gonfiore m, tumefazione f
swelling [ˈswɛlɪŋ] n (Med) → gonfiore m, tumefazione f
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