'Intumescence' definitions:
Definition of 'intumescence'
(from WordNet)
noun
Swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion) [syn: intumescence, intumescency]
noun
The increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) [syn: intumescence, intumescency, swelling]
Definition of 'Intumescence'
From: GCIDE
- Intumescence \In`tu*mes"cence\, n. [Cf. F. intumescence.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat. [1913 Webster]
- The intumescence of nations. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intumescence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- benign tumor,
- bloat,
- bloatedness,
- bloating,
- blowing up,
- boil,
- bump,
- bunion,
- callosity,
- callus,
- cancer,
- carbuncle,
- carcinoma,
- corn,
- cyst,
- diastole,
- dilatation,
- dilation,
- distension,
- dropsy,
- edema,
- excrescence,
- flatulence,
- flatulency,
- flatus,
- fungosity,
- fungus,
- furuncle,
- gassiness,
- growth,
- inflation,
- lump,
- malignant growth,
- metastatic tumor,
- meteorism,
- mole,
- morbid growth,
- neoplasm,
- nevus,
- nonmalignant tumor,
- outgrowth,
- pimple,
- pock,
- proud flesh,
- puff,
- puffiness,
- puffing,
- pustule,
- rising,
- sarcoma,
- sebaceous cyst,
- stretching,
- swell,
- swellage,
- swelling,
- swollenness,
- tumefaction,
- tumescence,
- tumidity,
- tumidness,
- tumor,
- turgescence,
- turgescency,
- turgidity,
- turgidness,
- tympanism,
- tympany,
- verruca,
- wart,
- wen,
- windiness