noun
- plural of tumescence; instances of swelling or becoming swollen
Usage: medical; formal
Examples
- The doctor examined the tumescences on the patient’s arm.
- Various tumescences appeared after the allergic reaction.
- The medical report documented multiple tumescences in the affected tissue.
- Inflammatory tumescences can indicate infection.
- The researcher studied tumescences in plant stems.
- Cold compresses helped reduce the tumescences.