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tumefy

[ too-muh-fahy, tyoo- ]

verb (used with or without object)

tumefied, tumefying.
  1. to make or become swollen or tumid.


tumefy

/ ˈ³ÙÂá³Ü˳¾ÉªËŒ´Ú²¹Éª /

verb

  1. to make or become tumid; swell or puff up
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ü²Ô·³Ù³Üm±ð·´Ú¾±±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tumefy1

1590–1600; back formation from tumefied, Anglicization of Latin tumefactus (past participle of tumefacere to cause to swell), equivalent to tume ( re ) to swell + -factus made, done; fact, -fy
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tumefy1

C16: from French ³Ù³Ü³¾Å§´Ú¾±±ð°ù , from Latin tumefacere ; see tumefacient
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Corpses soon became decomposed, exposed to the sun's torrid rays; the tumefied faces of the dead took on the colour of pitch.

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In some cases the salivary glands become tumefied with a profuse salivation; and the body, and its perspiration, are as yellow as in the jaundice.

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Skin tumefied and diffuse infiltration with a red serosity, with here and there small full� filled with a limpid liquid.

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The tongue was greatly tumefied in one case.

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A cup was exhausted of air and applied to the skin, causing the skin to tumefy.

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