Usually means: Swell or become engorged, expand.
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  1. tumesce: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. tumesce: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tumesce: Vocabulary.com
  4. tumesce: Wiktionary
  5. tumesce: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. tumesce: Dictionary.com
  7. tumesce: Rhymezone
  8. tumesce: FreeDictionary.org
  9. tumesce: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. tumesce: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tumesce)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To become tumescent; to expand or inflate.

Similar:
intumesce, tumefy, tumulate, tubulate, pullulate, size, tumultuate, fleshen, belly, tauten, more...

Opposite:
deflate, shrink, contract, collapse, compress

Types:
distend, swell, inflate, expand, bloat, more...

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Similar:
intumesce, tumefy, tumulate, tubulate, pullulate, size, tumultuate, fleshen, belly, tauten, more...

Opposite:
deflate, shrink, contract, collapse, compress

Types:
distend, swell, inflate, expand, bloat, more...



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