'Tumescent' definitions:

Definition of 'tumescent'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh" [syn: puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid]

Definition of 'Tumescent'

From: GCIDE
  • Tumescent \Tu*mes"cent\, a. Slightly tumid; swollen, as certain moss capsules. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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