Defenition of the word swelling
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Defenition of the word swelling
- Abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement.
- the swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
- becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids; "put ice on the swelling ankle"
- abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
Synonyms for the word swelling
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- abscess
- blister
- boil
- bulge
- bump
- bunion
- distension
- engorgement
- enlargement
- growth
- inflammation
- intumescence
- intumescency
- lump
- puffiness
Similar words in the swelling
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- injured
- swelling
- swelling's
- swellings
Hyponyms for the word swelling
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- belly
- bloat
- bunion
- caput
- dropsy
- edema
- frontal eminence
- haematocele
- haematocoele
- hematocele
- hematocoele
- hydrops
- intumescence
- intumescency
- iridoncus
- lymphogranuloma
- mogul
- nub
- nubble
- occipital protuberance
- oedema
- oscheocele
- oscheocoele
- snag
- spermatocele
- tumidity
- tumidness
- wart
Hypernyms for the word swelling
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- chemical action
- chemical change
- chemical process
- enlargement
- projection
- symptom
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