noun
- the condition of being swollen or enlarged
Usage: medical; formal
Examples
- The doctor examined the tumescence in the patient’s ankle.
- Ice was applied to reduce the tumescence caused by the injury.
- The medication helped control the tumescence of the affected tissue.
- Tumescence of the lymph nodes indicated possible infection.
- The veterinarian noted tumescence around the animal’s wound.
- Heat and tumescence are common signs of inflammation.