'Detumescence' definitions:

Definition of 'detumescence'

(from WordNet)
noun
Diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen

Definition of 'Detumescence'

From: GCIDE
  • Detumescence \De`tu*mes"cence\, n. [L. detumescere to cease swelling; de + tumescere, tumere, to swell.] Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen. [R.] --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]