tumid

  • 31tumid — adj. 1 (of parts of the body etc.) swollen, inflated. 2 (of a style etc.) inflated, bombastic. Derivatives: tumidity n. tumidly adv. tumidness n. Etymology: L tumidus f. tumere swell …

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  • 32tumid lupus — 1. l. tumidus. 2. l. erythematosus tumidus …

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  • 33tumid lupus erythematosus — l. erythematosus tumidus …

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  • 34make tumid — index inflate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 35Tumidly — Tumid Tu mid, a. [L. tumidus, fr. tumere to swell; cf. Skr. tumra strong, fat. Cf. {Thumb}.] 1. Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh. [1913 Webster] 2. Rising above the level; protuberant. [1913 Webster] So high as heaved …

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  • 36Tumidness — Tumid Tu mid, a. [L. tumidus, fr. tumere to swell; cf. Skr. tumra strong, fat. Cf. {Thumb}.] 1. Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh. [1913 Webster] 2. Rising above the level; protuberant. [1913 Webster] So high as heaved …

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  • 37inflated — inflated, flatulent, tumid, turgid mean filled with something insubstantial (as air or vapor). Inflated implies expansion by the introduction of something (as a gas) lacking in substance to the point where the walls are stretched taut or tension… …

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  • 38intumescent — adjective abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas hungry children with bloated stomachs he had a grossly distended stomach eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids swollen hands tumescent tissue puffy tumid flesh • Syn: ↑ …

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  • 39tumescent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. swelling, tumid. See convexity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. swollen, distended, bloated, turgid, puffed up, enlarged, tumid, *ballooned out, bulging. ANT.: limp, flaccid, deflated III (Roget s… …

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  • 40turgid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See tumid. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Swollen] Syn. bloated, distended, puffy; see enlarged , inflated . 2. [Pompous] Syn. bombastic, pompous, grandiloquent, purple*; see bombastic . See Synonym… …

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