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Tumefaction

noun
1.
The process of tumefying; the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within it.





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... was not regarded as of any consequence, and nothing was done. The child, living in the neighbourhood of London, was afterwards placed under medical treatment. Two or three months having elapsed, it was brought to town, and shown to me, in consequence of a slight tumefaction over the lower part of the spine. This soon disappeared under the measures employed, and eventually the disease of the knee (evidently scrofulous) was arrested, so that now the case promises to be cured; but the joint will for ever be stiff, and ...
— The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease. • Thomas Bull, M.D.


Words linked to "Tumefaction" :   tumefy, organic process, biological process


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