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Definition of Tumefy

1. Verb. Cause to become very swollen.

2. Verb. Expand abnormally. "Did his feet tumefy?"; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

Definition of Tumefy

1. v. t. To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up.

2. v. i. To rise in a tumor; to swell.

Definition of Tumefy

1. Verb. to cause to swell ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tumefy

1. to swell [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] - See also: swell

Medical Definition of Tumefy

1. To swell or to cause to swell. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tumefy

tumbleweeds tumbling tumbling mill tumblings tumbrel tumbrels tumbril tumbrils tumbu dermal myiasis tumchaite

tumefacient tumefaction tumefactions tumefied tumefies tumefy (current term) tumefying tumentia tumeric tumeric yellow

tumesce tumesced tumescence tumescences tumescent tumesces tumescing tumid tumidities tumidity

Literary usage of Tumefy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Philosophy of osteopathy by Andrew Taylor Still (1899)
"... Omnipresent — Connection .with Spinal Cord — Goes With and Covers All Muscles—Proofs in Contagion- Study of Nerves and Fascia—tumefy—Tumefaction. ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"-f- Dan. tumle, Swed. turnia, to tumble, toss about. The F. tomber is of Teut. origin. ß. It will be observed that, contrary tumefy, to cause to swell, ..."

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