Word

swelling, n.
(swellings)
freq. cnt. 2

an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

lump puffiness swelling

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derivationally related form

swell

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puffy

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hyponym

spermatocele bloat bunion edema, oedema, hydrops, dropsy hematocele, haematocele, hematocoele, haematocoele intumescence, intumescency iridoncus lymphogranuloma oscheocele, oscheocoele tumidity, tumidness

hypernym

symptom enlargement

the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
<noun.process>

intumescence intumescency swelling

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hypernym

chemical process, chemical change, chemical action

something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
<noun.shape> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

bulge bump excrescence extrusion gibbosity gibbousness hump jut prominence protrusion protuberance swelling

sample sentences

"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"

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derivationally related form

bulgy bulge bulge bulge bulge

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protuberant protuberate

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hump

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gibbous