TUMEFACTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does tumefaction mean? • TUMEFACTION (noun)
The noun TUMEFACTION has 1 sense:
1. the process of tumefying; the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within it
Familiarity information: TUMEFACTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TUMEFACTION (noun)
Meaning:
The process of tumefying; the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("tumefaction" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
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