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PRONUNCIATION OF TUMESCENCE

tumescence  [tjuːˈmɛsns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TUMESCENCE

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tumescence 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 TUMESCENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tumescence

Tumescence is the quality or state of being tumescent or swollen. Tumescence usually refers to the normal engorgement with blood of the erectile tissues, marking sexual excitation and possible readiness for sexual activity. The tumescent sexual organ in men is the penis and in women is the clitoris. Detumescence is the reversal of this process, by which blood leaves the erectile tissue, returning to the flaccid state. Regularly, men who experience erectile dysfunction are given a nocturnal penile tumescence test, usually over a three-day period. Such a test detects the presence of an erection occurring during sleep using either a small portable computer connected to two bands placed around the shaft of the penis which records penile tumescence, or a band of paper tape with perforations that is fit snugly around the shaft of the penis and will break at the perforations during penile tumescence. The goal of nocturnal penile tumescence testing is to determine whether a man can experience an erection while sleeping after reporting he is unable to experience an erection while awake.

Definition of tumescence in the English dictionary

The definition of tumescence in the dictionary is the quality or state of being tumescent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TUMESCENCE


acescence
əˈsɛsns
dehiscence
dɪˈhɪsns
evanescence
evəˈnesns
immunoflorescence
ˌɪmjʊnəʊflʊəˈresns
indehiscence
ˌɪndɪˈhɪsns
lactescence
lækˈtɛsns
munificence
mjuːˈnɪfɪsns
putrescence
pjuːˈtrɛsns
quiescence
kwaɪˈɛsns
senescence
sɪˈnɛsns
spumescence
spjuːˈmɛsns
translucence
trænzˈluːsns
turgescence
tɜːˈdʒesns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TUMESCENCE

tumbleweed
tumbling box
tumbrel
tumbril
tumefacient
tumefaction
tumefied
tumefies
tumefy
tumesce
tumescent
tumid
tumidity
tumidly
tumidness
tummies
tummler
tummy
tummy ache
tummy bug

WORDS THAT END LIKE TUMESCENCE

adolescence
at your convenience
car licence
chemiluminescence
concupiscence
convalescence
driving licence
effervescence
electroluminescence
florescence
fluorescence
gaming licence
immunofluorescence
innocence
licence
luminescence
magnificence
obsolescence
provisional driving licence
reminiscence
road-fund licence

Synonyms and antonyms of tumescence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tumescence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TUMESCENCE

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

Translator English - Chinese

勃起
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tumescencia
570 millions of speakers

English

tumescence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tumescence
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انتفاخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

припухлость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tumescence
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ফীত হইয়া উঠিতেছে এমন অবস্থা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tumescence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tumescence
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwellung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

腫れ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

통화 팽창
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tumescence
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trạng thái sưng lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tumescence
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोंदणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şişkinlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tumescenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tumescencji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

припухлість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tumescence
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξοίδηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opzwelling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tumescens
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tumescence
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tumescence

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TUMESCENCE»

The term «tumescence» is normally little used and occupies the 110.916 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TUMESCENCE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUMESCENCE»

Discover the use of tumescence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tumescence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Male Sexual Dysfunction: Pathophysiology and Treatment
J Geriatr Psychiatry 1969; 2:181. 38. Levine LA, Lenting EL. Use of nocturnal penile tumescence and rigidity in the evaluation of male erectile dysfunction. Urol Clin North Am 1995; 22(4):775–788. 39. Nofzinger EA, Reynolds CF, Jennings JF.
Fouad R. Kandeel, 2007
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Andrology: Male Reproductive Health and Dysfunction
(b) During tumescence marked dilatation of the A. profunda penis and the sinosuids, elongation of the helicene arteries, compression of the intersinusoidal venules and mechanical occlusion of the subtunical emissary veins By the maximal ...
Eberhard Nieschlag, Hermann M. Behre, Susan Nieschlag, 2010
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Donald School Textbook of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and ...
Penile tumescence is closely related to REM sleep in the neonate as well as in infants.51'64"70 Although there are some episodes of penile tumescence during the non-eye movement period, they are minimal and brief. The duration of penile  ...
Asim Kurjak, 2008
4
Sleep and Psychosomatic Medicine
Sexual arousal and activity: effect on subsequent nocturnal penile tumescence patterns. Sleep Res 1979; 8: 61. 22. Karacan I, Williams RL, Thornby JI, et al. Sleep- related penile tumescence as a function of age. Am J Psychiatry 1975; 132: ...
S. R. Pandi-Perumal, Rocco R Ruoti, Milton Kramer, 2007
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Manual of Aesthetic Surgery
Mechanical and Manual Tumescence (Fig. 11.10) Tumescence solution can be applied either manually with an injection syringe or mechanically with a pump. In the manual technique, the injection syringe is connected to the tumescence ...
Werner Mang, 2011
6
New Technologies in Urology
It has been shown that electrical stimulation of the cavernous nerve may cause very small changes in tumescence or detu- mescence of the penis, which may not be visible, but yet physiologically detectable. The CaverMap device was ...
Prokar Dasgupta, John M. Fitzpatrick, Roger Kirby, 2010
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Manual of Aesthetic Surgery 2
o Mechanical and Manual Tumescence Tumescence solution can be applied either manually with an injection syringe or mechanically with a pump. In the manual technique the injection syringe is connected to the tumescence solution via a ...
Werner L. Mang, 2005
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Hair Transplant 360 (For Physicians), Volume 1
Figure 2.22 The analogy of a ship passing over corals helps one to understand the reason for adequate donor and recipient tumescence. A ship that traverses the sea at high tide will not scrape its hull across the coral bed. However, a ship ...
Lam Samuel M, 2011
9
Clinical Sleep Disorders
We mentioned earlier the participation of the neurohumoral system in regulating normal penile tumescence. Testosterone plays a key role in the endocrinologic component of the male reproductive tract. Direct associations have been made ...
Paul R. Carney, Richard B. Berry, James D. Geyer, 2012
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The Psychology of Sexual Orientation, Behavior, and ...
The researchers found that in contrast to baseline tumescence recording, the subject emitted increased levels of tumescence when tumescence (operant response) to a slide of a female adult (discriminative stimulus) was explicitly reinforced ...
Louis Diamant, Richard D. McAnulty, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUMESCENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tumescence is used in the context of the following news items.
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Aphrodisiacs Can Spark Sexual Imagination, But Probably Not Libido
In one study, researchers fed saffron to men, then evaluated "tip rigidity" and "tumescence," a measure of how swollen something gets. That study, and most ... «NPR, Jul 15»
2
Daily Reads: Why 'The Wire' Can't Explain Baltimore, the Myth of the …
... left to break on TV, but the Starz drama "Outlander" went ahead and broke one of the very few remaining (hint: it involves tumescence of the "package" variety). «Indie Wire, Apr 15»
3
Cucumber review: A hugely watchable and funny human drama with …
... as our hapless protaganist Henry explained the use of the words tofu, banana and cucumber as metaphors for describing various stages of male tumescence, ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jan 15»
4
Book review: Kerrigan in Copenhagen, by Thomas E Kennedy
... possibly because she is pregnant to someone else; he is in a semi-permanent state of tumescence, incapable of seeing a female without wondering what she ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 15»
5
Dating app seeks to reduce risk of inbox penis pics
That's right, a picture of the male member - usually in a state of tumescence. Some women will also find themselves bombarded with messages - in this OKCupid ... «Mirror.co.uk, Nov 14»
6
Real-time Penile Tumescence and Rigidity Monitoring: A Pilot Study …
RigiScan™ monitoring was used to record erectile responses of penile tumescence and rigidity to AVSS. A qualified erectile event was defined as penile rigidity ... «UroToday, Oct 14»
7
The Science Of Morning Wood: Electrical Impulses In Brain Increase …
... inconvenient phenomenon grown men, little boys, and even males in utero all experience: nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT), also known as “morning wood. «Medical Daily, Oct 14»
8
Erectile Dysfunction
They work through the mediation of nitric oxide in the small vessel walls, dilating them and increasing the blood supply to the penis, causing tumescence. «WLOX, Sep 14»
9
Voici pourquoi les hommes ont la fameuse "érection du matin"
En langage scientifique, l'érection du matin est appelée tumescence pénienne nocturne. Il s'agit d'une érection spontanée qui peut se produire durant la nuit, ... «Sudinfo.be, Sep 14»
10
Octopus Broods Its Eggs For 4.5 Years, Longest For Any Animal
... and they noticed the "diminishing size and tumescence [or swollenness] of the mantle, loss of skin texture, cloudy eyes, slack skin, and a loss of pigmentation.". «Popular Science, Jul 14»

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