Usually means: Causes swelling or tissue enlargement.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. tumefacient: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. tumefacient: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tumefacient: Wordnik
  4. tumefacient: Wiktionary
  5. tumefacient: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. tumefacient: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. tumefacient: Dictionary.com
  8. tumefacient: FreeDictionary.org
  9. tumefacient: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  10. tumefacient: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. tumefacient: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. tumefacient: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Producing swelling or tumescence; making tumescent; tumefying.

Similar:
turgent, tumescent, tumid, extuberant, turgid, swelly, dilatant, swollen, stimulative, sensific, more...

Opposite:
atrophic, shrinking, decreasing, shriveling

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Similar:
turgent, tumescent, tumid, extuberant, turgid, swelly, dilatant, swollen, stimulative, sensific, more...

Opposite:
atrophic, shrinking, decreasing, shriveling



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