tumescence

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

tumescences

1.
(countable, uncountable)A swelling due to the presence of fluid.
Đồng nghĩa: tumidity, turgescence, turgidity, turgor, bloatedness, bloating, distension, ectasia, ectasis, intumescence, inturgescence, nodosity, swelling, swollenness, tumescence, tumidity, turgescence, turgidity, turgor
2.
(countable, uncountable)A swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue.

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Đồng nghĩa

tumidity turgescence turgidity turgorbloatednessbloatingdistensionectasiaectasisintumescenceinturgescencenodosity swelling swollenness

Cùng gốc / liên quan

detumescencenocturnal penile tumescence

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ine-pro First attested 1725, from French tumescence, from Latin tumescēns (swelling), present participle of tumēscō (to begin to swell), from tumeō (to swell) + -ēscō (, in this form -escence), stem from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh₁- (to be swelling), stative stem of *tum- (to swell).