Swelling
noun'swɛliŋ
Noun
an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
Type of:EnlargementSymptomthe increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
Similar:IntumescenceIntumescencysomething that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
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Similar Words
- Lump
- Puffiness
- Intumescence
- Intumescency
- Bulge
- Bump
- Excrescence
- Extrusion
- Gibbosity
- Gibbousness
- Hump
- Jut
- Prominence
- Protrusion
- Protuberance