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Definition of Intumescence

1. Noun. Swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion).

2. Noun. The increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water).

Definition of Intumescence

1. n. 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.

Definition of Intumescence

1. Noun. the process of swelling up or the condition of being swollen ¹

2. Noun. an instance of such swelling ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intumescence

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Intumescence

1. Synonym: enlargement. 2. The process of enlarging or swelling; used to describe the spinal enlargements. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intumescence

intuitionistic logic intuitionistically intuitionists intuitionless intuitions intuitive intuitive feeling intuitive stage intuitively intuitiveness

intuitivenesses intuitivism intuits intumesce intumesced intumescence (current term) intumescences intumescency intumescent intumescent cataract

intumescentia intumescentia cervicalis intumescentia ganglioformis intumescentia lumbalis intumescentia tympanica intumesces intumescing intumulated intune intuned

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