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Definition of Tumefaction
1. Noun. The process of tumefying; the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within it.
Definition of Tumefaction
1. n. The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling.
Definition of Tumefaction
1. Noun. The process or result of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumour. ¹
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Definition of Tumefaction
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tumefaction
1. 1. A swelling. Synonym: tumentia. Synonym: tumescence. Origin: see tumefacient (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tumefaction
Literary usage of Tumefaction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on the Diseases of the Nervous System: Delivered at La Salpêtrière by Jean Martin Charcot (1881)
"ON THE tumefaction OF THE MOTOR NERVE-CELLS AND OF THE AXIS-CYLINDERS OF THE ...
I may add that, in at least one of these cases, I remarked a tumefaction of ..."
2. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1858)
"This tumefaction sometimes obscures the hardness of the vessel itself, which
therefore escapes notice unless upon careful examination. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Diseases of Children: With Directions for the Management by Michael Underwood, Marshall Hall (1835)
"tumefaction OF THE PREPUCE. This little complaint, like the hydrocele, ...
which disappears as soon as the tumefaction subsides; by which the natural ..."
4. The Principles and practice of dental surgery by Chapin Aaron Harris (1863)
"CHRONIC INFLAMMATION AND tumefaction OF THE GUMS ATTENDED BY RECESSION OF THEIR
MARGINS FROM THE TEETH. The affection which we are now about to consider has ..."
5. A System of Midwifery: Including the Diseases of Pregnancy and the Puerperal by William Leishman (1876)
"The result of these changes is that the membrane becomes hypertro- phied to Such
an extent that tumefaction of the Uterine Mucous Membrane during , . ., - ..."
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