intumescence

Noun

Meaning

The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat.

Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

swelling intumescency growth carbuncle boil swell bulge lump bump dilation outgrowth hump flatulence nodule protrusion
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Antonyms

dimple basin little whole base basis
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Hypernyms

lump puffiness swelling chemical change chemical action chemical process

Hyponyms

hematoma haematoma

Related terms

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Close letter words and terms

intuitivist intuitivity intumesce intumescency intumescent intumulated