swelling

1. An abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement (synset 114338619)
   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
   same as: lump, puffiness
2. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings (synset 113917127)
   "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
   is a type of: projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from something
   subtypes:

   • 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
3. The increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) (synset 113522751)
   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 involved
   same as: intumescence, intumescency

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