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The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling.

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  1. n. The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling.
  2. n. the process of tumefying; the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within it
  3. The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling. Arbuthnot.
  4. The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into atumor; a swelling. Arbuthnot.
  5. n. the process of tumefying; the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within it