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swelling

— noun an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement — noun (= intumescence) the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) — noun (= bulge, hump, prominence, protuberance, excrescence) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge the hump of a camel he stood on the rocky prominence the occipital protuberance was well developed the bony excrescence between its horns

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bump lump protuberance tumor bulge tumour intumescence boil inflation inflammation tumefaction swell bulging abscess rising prominence excrescence blister wound protrusion knot knob infection hump expansion edema tumescence oedema intumescency increasing increase gusto gibbosity distension sore puffiness puff projection pimple nodule node knoll jut infected hill heave heap goiter gibbousness full

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swell swelling edema inflammation
What words refer to swelling in a particular part of the body?

swollen abdomen swollen muscle hernia swelling in groin
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relieve swelling reduce swelling go down

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