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Meaning of "tumefaction" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TUMEFACTION

tumefaction  [ˌtjuːmɪˈfækʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TUMEFACTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tumefaction is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TUMEFACTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Swelling (medical)

In medical parlance, swelling, turgescence or tumefaction is a transient abnormal enlargement of a body part or area not caused by proliferation of cells. It is caused by accumulation of fluid in tissues. It can occur throughout the body, or a specific part or organ can be affected. Swelling is considered one of the five characteristics of inflammation; along with pain, heat, redness, and loss of function. In a general sense, the suffix "-megaly" is used to indicate a growth, as in hepatomegaly, acromegaly, and splenomegaly. A body part may swell in response to injury, infection, or disease. Swelling, especially of the ankle, can occur if the body is not circulating fluid well. Generalized swelling, or massive edema, is a common sign in severely ill people. Although slight edema may be difficult to detect to the untrained eye, especially in an overweight person, massive edema is very obvious.

Definition of tumefaction in the English dictionary

The definition of tumefaction in the dictionary is the act or process of swelling. Other definition of tumefaction is a puffy or swollen structure or part.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TUMEFACTION


arefaction
ˌærɪˈfækʃən
assuefaction
ˌæswɪˈfækʃən
benefaction
ˌbɛnɪˈfækʃən
calefaction
ˌkælɪˈfækʃən
dissatisfaction
dɪsˌsætɪsˈfækʃən
faction
ˈfækʃən
liquefaction
ˌlɪkwɪˈfækʃən
madefaction
ˌmædɪˈfækʃən
olfaction
ɒlˈfækʃən
petrifaction
ˌpɛtrɪˈfækʃən
putrefaction
ˌpjuːtrɪˈfækʃən
rarefaction
ˌrɛərɪˈfækʃən
satisfaction
ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən
self-satisfaction
ˌselfsætɪsˈfækʃən
stupefaction
ˌstjuːpɪˈfækʃən
tabefaction
ˌtæbɪˈfækʃən
tepefaction
ˌtɛpɪˈfækʃən
torrefaction
ˌtɒrɪˈfækʃən
unsatisfaction
ˌʌnsætɪsˈfækʃən
vivification
ˌvɪvɪˈfækʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TUMEFACTION

tumbler gear
tumbler switch
tumblerful
tumblersful
tumbleset
tumbleweed
tumbling box
tumbrel
tumbril
tumefacient
tumefied
tumefies
tumefy
tumesce
tumescence
tumescent
tumid
tumidity
tumidly
tumidness

WORDS THAT END LIKE TUMEFACTION

accreditation
action
attraction
auction
collection
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
election
fiction
function
introduction
production
protection
reaction
section
selection
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of tumefaction in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tumefaction» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TUMEFACTION

Find out the translation of tumefaction to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tumefaction from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tumefaction» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肿胀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tumefacción
570 millions of speakers

English

tumefaction
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tumefaction
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تورم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

опухание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tumefaction
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tumefaction
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tuméfaction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tumefaction
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Anschwellung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

腫脹
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

종기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tumefaction
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự sưng lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tumefaction
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तुळशीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kabartı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tumefazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tumefaction
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

набрякання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tumefacție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tumefaction
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opzwelling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tumefaction
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tumefaction
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tumefaction

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TUMEFACTION»

The term «tumefaction» is normally little used and occupies the 141.277 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TUMEFACTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tumefaction» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tumefaction» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tumefaction

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUMEFACTION»

Discover the use of tumefaction in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tumefaction and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The New York Medical and Physical Journal
About the 20th July I first saw the patient. At this time the arm had a perfectly natural appearance ; no tumefaction or discoloration was present, except a small spot where the orifice was made. As there did not exist a doubt •j 2 Nelson's case of ...
John Wakefield Francis, John Brodhead Beck, 1824
2
Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica
General oedema, with profound coma, followed by death,54. — Painful tumefaction, followed by vomiting,4*. — Great tumefaction of the bitten parts,5*. — General oedema over the whole body (second day) ; even to the eyelids (third day),43.
T. F. Allen, 2013
3
Dublin Medical Press
tilis. The locnl symptoms arc pain, tenderness, and tumefaction. The piiin may he dull, hut it often is of an acute kind — a stitch, a> in pleuritis; it is aggravated hy coughing, vomiting, or any other motion of the part, even respiration. The pain ...
‎1842
4
The Medical Examiner: A Monthly Record of Medical Science
The mean age of those in whom the disease commenced by pain, was 26 years; ditto by tumefaction, 25 years; ditto both united, 23 years. In 20 cases, of 9 left orchites, 6 began with pain alone, and 3 with tumefaction with or without pain.
‎1838
5
London Medical and Surgical Journal
It is remarkable by the odematous tumefaction and great sensibility of the inflamed skin : the redness of the part is not very bright ; frequently there is merely observed a slight rosy tint. Termination in suppuration is very frequent in this variety, ...
‎1837
6
New York medical and physical journal
convalescence, generally, if the patient continues thin, although he eats heartily, a relapse may be anticipated. Tumefaction of the body. — The general tumefaction of the body may be inflammatory, edematous, or emphysematous. The first ...
‎1827
7
The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Two dejections this morning with less pain. Less pelvic pain and dysuria. Less perspiration. Tumefaction in groin less; that in recto-vaginal space the same as on let. Great tenderness on touch between cervix uteri and bladder. 13th.-Pulse 96.
‎1868
8
The Dublin Journal of Medical and Chemical Science
At the groin this tumefaction extends to three inches below the crural arch, and in an oblique direction from above ... same tumefaction occupies all the lumbar region from the border of the short rihs to the crest of the ilium, and from the vicinity ...
‎1834
9
The Eclectic journal of medicine ...
Supposing the apparatus to be placed on a limb which is much tumefied, and that tumefaction rapidly subsides, so that at the end of a few days a considerable interval is found to exist between the limb and the bandage, the inconvenience ...
‎1839
10
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
In cases in which tumefaction and softening of the liver are already present. blows or falls may produce a rupture of its enveloping membrane, and give rise to a fatal hemorrhage into the abdominal cavity. The spleen is liable to be wounded  ...
‎1849

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUMEFACTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tumefaction is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The helium ion microscope: new bottom-up approach to three …
This produces tumefaction instead of depression in the Si surface. Under appropriate conditions, a linear dependence of the surface swollen height on the ion ... «nanotechweb.org, Jun 15»
2
Health alert: Treatment of ankle sprain with acupuncture
The diagnosis revealed external injury, accompanied by tumefaction and pain in the ankle, and difficulty in walking. When entropion and sprain appeared, the ... «India Today, Aug 14»
3
Peyton Manning is Absolutely, Positively, Beyond a Shadow of a …
It's a psychic and temporal tumefaction, a giant end-of-empire carbuncle, of interest to semioticians, perhaps—but a farcical measure of football greatness. «GQ Magazine, Dec 13»
4
Sonography Can Be Useful in Diagnosis of Ewing Sarcoma of the …
Clinical examination found tumefaction of the medial side of the right ankle, which was slightly painful on pressure. Initial radiography was reported as showing ... «Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Oct 11»
5
Tuberculous Orchiepididymitis After BCG Therapy for Bladder Cancer
Two weeks after the first booster dose, he had pain and tumefaction of the right scrotum. Conventional treatment was given with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory ... «Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Jun 07»

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