tumid

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.

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[Latin tumidus, from tumre, to swell; see teu- in Indo-European roots.]

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tu·midi·ty n.

tumid·ly adv.

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tumid [ˈtjuːmɪd]

adj

1. (of an organ or part) enlarged or swollen

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) bulging or protuberant

3. pompous or fulsome in style tumid prose

[from Latin tumidus, from tumēre to swell]

tumidity , tumidness n

tumidly  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	tumid - ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" bombastic, declamatory, orotund, turgid, large rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery"
	2.	tumid - abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh" intumescent, tumescent, turgid, puffy unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"
	3.	tumid - of sexual organs; stiff and rigid     erect physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms hard - resisting weight or pressure

Translations

tumid [ˈtjuːmɪd] ADJ → túmido

tumid

adj (Med) → geschwollen; (fig) style → geschwollen; speech → schwülstig