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tumefacient

[ too-muh-fey-shuhnt, tyoo- ]

adjective

  1. tumefying; causing to swell.


tumefacient

/ ËŒ³ÙÂá³Ü˳¾ÉªËˆ´Ú±ðɪʃɪə²Ô³Ù /

adjective

  1. producing or capable of producing swelling

    a tumefacient drug

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tumefacient1

1880–85; < Latin tumefacient-, stem of ³Ù³Ü³¾±ð´Ú²¹³¦¾±Å§²Ô²õ (present participle of tumefacere “to cause to swellâ€). See tumefy, -facient ( def )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tumefacient1

C16: from Latin tumefacere to cause to swell, from ³Ù³Ü³¾Å§°ù±ð to swell + facere to cause
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Antonyms: subsidence, detumescence. swelling, a. turgent, tumefacient, tumid, turgid; grandiloquent, bombastic, grandiose. swerve, v. deviate, deflect, diverge, turn aside. swift, a. fleet, rapid, fast, speedy, quick. swiftness, n. celerity, velocity, speed, rapidity, fleetness, quickness. swill, n. hogwash, swillings, draff. swimming, n. natation; dizziness, vertigo, giddiness; transnatation, supernatation.

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Fat and featureless, pink and pincushiony, it was borrowed by gushing maidenhood, exchanged by idiotic maternity, and had grown unctuous and tumefacient under the kisses and embraces of half the hotel.

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