swelling adj : becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids; "put ice on the swelling ankle"

1 abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement [syn: puffiness, lump]

2 the swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) [syn: intumescence, intumescency]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlɪŋ

Noun

1. the state of being swollen
2. anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body

Translations

• Czech: otok
• Hebrew:
• Icelandic: bólga
• Irish: at (1, 2)
• Spanish: hinchazón
• Telugu: వాపు (vaapu) (1, 2)

See also

• edema

Verb

swelling

1. present participle of swell

Swelling can mean: wikt swell

• In medicine:
  • Swelling (medical) is the enlargement of organs caused by accumulation of excess fluid in tissues, called edema.
• In engineering:
  • Increase of volume of material, due to absorption of a solvent (common for plastic polymers)
  • Neutron-induced swelling caused by neutron radiation.

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