intumesce English

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What does intumesce mean?

intumesce

— verb (= bubble up) move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically Gases bubbled up from the earth Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America

— verb (= swell) expand abnormally The bellies of the starving children are swelling

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swell

tumesce

tumefy

swell up

expand

bubble up

swelling

physiosis

intumescence

expansive power

expansion

expanse

expanding

distention

dilatation

bulging

bellied