'Tumescence' definitions:
Definition of 'tumescence'
(from WordNet)
noun
Tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues
Definition of 'Tumescence'
From: GCIDE
- Tumescence \Tu*mes"cence\, n. [L. tumescens, -entis, p.pr. of tumescere to swell up, v. incho. fr. tumere to swell.] The act of becoming tumid; the state of being swollen; intumescence; -- applied especially to the state of swelling of the vascular tissue in the male and female sex organs when they have been stimulated to readiness for sexual intercourse. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Synonyms of 'tumescence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- accession,
- accretion,
- accrual,
- accruement,
- accumulation,
- addition,
- advance,
- aggrandizement,
- amplification,
- appreciation,
- ascent,
- augmentation,
- ballooning,
- bloat,
- bloatedness,
- bloating,
- blowing up,
- boil,
- boom,
- boost,
- broadening,
- buildup,
- bump,
- bunion,
- carbuncle,
- corn,
- crescendo,
- cyst,
- development,
- diastole,
- dilatation,
- dilation,
- distension,
- dropsy,
- edema,
- elevation,
- enlargement,
- expansion,
- extension,
- flatulence,
- flatulency,
- flatus,
- flood,
- furuncle,
- gain,
- gassiness,
- greatening,
- growth,
- gush,
- hike,
- increase,
- increment,
- inflation,
- intumescence,
- jump,
- leap,
- lump,
- meteorism,
- mounting,
- multiplication,
- pimple,
- pock,
- productiveness,
- proliferation,
- puff,
- puffiness,
- puffing,
- pustule,
- raise,
- rise,
- rising,
- sebaceous cyst,
- snowballing,
- spread,
- stretching,
- surge,
- swell,
- swellage,
- swelling,
- swollenness,
- tumefaction,
- tumidity,
- tumidness,
- tumor,
- turgescence,
- turgescency,
- turgidity,
- turgidness,
- tympanism,
- tympany,
- up,
- upping,
- upsurge,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upturn,
- waxing,
- wen,
- widening,
- windiness