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Definition of Swelling
1. Noun. An abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement.
Specialized synonyms: Spermatocele, Bloat, Bunion, Dropsy, Edema, Hydrops, Oedema, Haematocele, Haematocoele, Hematocele, Hematocoele, Intumescence, Intumescency, Iridoncus, Lymphogranuloma, Oscheocele, Oscheocoele, Tumidity, Tumidness
Generic synonyms: Symptom, Enlargement
Derivative terms: Puffy, Swell
2. Noun. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. "The bony excrescence between its horns"
Specialized synonyms: Frontal Eminence, Occipital Protuberance, Belly, Caput, Mogul, Nub, Nubble, Snag, Wart
Generic synonyms: Projection
Derivative terms: Bulge, Bulge, Bulge, Bulge, Bulgy, Excrescent, Gibbous, Gibbous, Hump, Protrude, Protrude, Protuberant, Protuberate
3. Noun. The increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water).
Generic synonyms: Chemical Action, Chemical Change, Chemical Process
Definition of Swelling
1. n. The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride.
Definition of Swelling
1. Noun. The state of being swollen. ¹
2. Noun. Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of swell) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swelling
1. something that is swollen [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swelling
Literary usage of Swelling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"The cranium showed no depression of its bones ; the sutures and fontanelles were
normal; the face showed an extraordinary appearance, caused by the swelling ..."
2. The Physical Chemistry of the Proteins by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1918)
"that the velocity of swelling is at a maximum at the instant of immersion and
therefore decreases with time. This corresponds to the experimental facts. ..."
3. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1838)
"... Though they meet with rough winds and swelling tides ; How brave a calm they
will enjoy at last, Who to the Lord, and by his ways hold fast. ..."
4. The Lancet (1898)
"firm swelling, fixed, cot fluctuating, reaching to within яп inch of the middle
... There was a large irregular swelling of firm consistence, not connected ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"The cranium showed no depression of its bones ; the sutures and fontanelles were
normal; the face showed an extraordinary appearance, caused by the swelling ..."
6. The Physical Chemistry of the Proteins by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1918)
"that the velocity of swelling is at a maximum at the instant of immersion and
therefore decreases with time. This corresponds to the experimental facts. ..."
7. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1838)
"... Though they meet with rough winds and swelling tides ; How brave a calm they
will enjoy at last, Who to the Lord, and by his ways hold fast. ..."
8. The Lancet (1898)
"firm swelling, fixed, cot fluctuating, reaching to within яп inch of the middle
... There was a large irregular swelling of firm consistence, not connected ..."
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