Definitions for: Swelling

[n] the swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
[n] abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
[adj] becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids; "put ice on the swelling ankle"

Webster (1913) Definition: Swell"ing, n.
1. The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers
in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride.

Rise to the swelling of the voiceless sea.
--Coleridge.

2. A protuberance; a prominence; especially (Med.), an
unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous
swelling.

The superficies of such plates are not even, but
have many cavities and swellings. --Sir I.
Newton.

Synonyms: injured, intumescence, intumescency, lump, puffiness

See Also: bloat, bunion, chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, dropsy, edema, haematocele, haematocoele, hematocele, hematocoele, hydrops, intumescence, intumescency, iridoncus, oedema, oscheocele, oscheocoele, spermatocele, symptom, tumidity, tumidness

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