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Meanings of tumefy in English

Portuguese
inchar
Catalan
inflar-se
Spanish
expandirse

Expand abnormally.

inchar
Synonyms
Examples for "swell"
Examples for "swell"
1
Real swell customer, great credit history, just a screwup down in records.
Repo men
2
Therefore, the first commandment for technologists is: Design technologies to swell happiness.
Wired
3
The ship was still rolling heavily in the swell after the gale.
A Voyage round the World / A book for boys
4
What surprised me, however, was the huge swell of support for Kick-Ass.
The Irish Times
5
Squire must be thinking of that right now in this deeper swell.
In the King's name
1
It is enervating, and makes one eye swell up and turn blue.
Remarks
2
Bumper thought so, too, and he began to swell up with pride.
Bumper the White Rabbit
3
Rather, it was trying to swell up but Papa wouldn't let it.
The Life of Me: An Autobiography
4
She wonders if her belly will swell up like the older females.
The Disposable Male
5
His hands and feet swell up and turn as black as pudding.
A Dance with Dragons
Usage of tumefy in English
1
Occasionally, the joints assume a tumefied appearance, generally ulcerating, and causing painful wounds.
Cattle and Their Diseases / Embracing Their History and Breeds, ...
2
It had developed with savage speed, tumefying out of nowhere.
The last page
3
The thin, bony, and slightly tumefied head, wore a grimace.
Theresa Raquin
4
Whence it comes that they are gorged and tumefied.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 / Scientific Papers (Physiology, ...
5
His eyes were injected with blood, his lips tumefied.
The King in Yellow
6
The hand contracted on the rifle-sling was tumefied by the shoulder-straps and the bent arm was broken.
Light
7
He lay upon the table, screaming, because his abdomen was very painful and his hip was all tumefied.
The New Book of Martyrs
8
I examined the boy's feet, and found them red, shining and tumefied, with other indications of a severe attack of chilblains.
Finger Posts on the Way of Life
9
The scrotum was tumefied, and to the touch gave the sensation of a human breast, and the parts were pigmented similar to an engorged breast.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Translations for tumefy