Usually means: Swelling or enlargement of tissues.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word tumescence:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. tumescence: Merriam-Webster
  2. tumescence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tumescence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tumescence: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tumescence: Vocabulary.com
  6. tumescence: Wordnik
  7. tumescence: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. tumescence: Wiktionary
  9. tumescence: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. tumescence: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. tumescence: Dictionary.com
  12. tumescence: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Tumescence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. tumescence: Rhymezone
  15. tumescence: FreeDictionary.org
  16. tumescence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. tumescence: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. tumescence: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Sleep Terms (No longer online)
  5. -tumescence, tumescence: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tumescence: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tumescence)

▸ noun:  A swelling due to the presence of fluid.
▸ noun:  A swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue.

Similar:
tumidness, tumidity, bump, effusion, loculation, edema, lymphedema, edematization, lymphedoema, congestion, more...

Opposite:
detumescence, flaccidity, deflation

Types:
flaccid, tumescent, erect, more...

Phrases:
nocturnal penile tumescence test, nocturnal penile tumescence, Nocturnal clitoral tumescence, tumescence of the private parts, more...

Adjectives:
penile, nocturnal, genital, sexual, full, related, clitoral, maximum, normal, maximal, partial
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Similar:
tumidness, tumidity, bump, effusion, loculation, edema, lymphedema, edematization, lymphedoema, congestion, more...

Opposite:
detumescence, flaccidity, deflation

Types:
flaccid, tumescent, erect, more...

Phrases:
nocturnal penile tumescence test, nocturnal penile tumescence, Nocturnal clitoral tumescence, tumescence of the private parts, more...

Adjectives:
penile, nocturnal, genital, sexual, full, related, clitoral, maximum, normal, maximal, partial



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