swelling
Noun
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is a type of:
- symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
- enlargement - the state of being enlarged
subtypes:- spermatocele - a swelling on the epididymis or the testis; usually contains spermatozoa
- bloat - swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas
- bunion - a painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe
- dropsy, edema, hydrops, oedema - swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
- haematocele, haematocoele, hematocele, hematocoele - swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis)
- intumescence, intumescency - swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)
- iridoncus - swelling of the iris of the eye
- lymphogranuloma - swelling of a lymph node
- oscheocele, oscheocoele - swelling of the scrotum
- tumidity, tumidness - slight swelling of an organ or part
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is a type of: projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from somethingsubtypes:
- frontal eminence - either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit
- occipital protuberance - prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone
- belly - a part that bulges deeply
- caput - a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure
- mogul - a bump on a ski slope
- nub, nubble - a small lump or protuberance
- snag - a sharp protuberance
- wart - any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
same as: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance -
is a type of: chemical action, chemical change, chemical process - (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involvedsame as: intumescence, intumescency
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