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Definition of Intumesce
1. Verb. Move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically. "Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America"
2. Verb. Expand abnormally. "Did his feet intumesce?"; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
Exact synonyms: Swell, Swell Up, Tumefy, Tumesce
Specialized synonyms: Distend, Belly, Belly Out, Blow Up, Puff, Puff Out, Puff Up, Bloat, Blister, Vesicate
Generic synonyms: Expand
Derivative terms: Intumescence, Intumescency, Swelling, Tumefaction, Tumescent
Specialized synonyms: Distend, Belly, Belly Out, Blow Up, Puff, Puff Out, Puff Up, Bloat, Blister, Vesicate
Generic synonyms: Expand
Derivative terms: Intumescence, Intumescency, Swelling, Tumefaction, Tumescent
Definition of Intumesce
1. v. i. To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe.
Definition of Intumesce
1. Verb. To swell or enlarge (abnormally) ¹
2. Verb. To bubble up (as the result of heating) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intumesce
1. [v -MESCED, -MESCING, -MESCES]
Medical Definition of Intumesce
1. To swell up; to enlarge. Origin: L. In-tumesco, to swell up, fr. Tumeo, to swell (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intumesce
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