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swelling n. [
puffiness, lump] an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
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swelling n. [
bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "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
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swelling n. [
intumescence, intumescency] the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
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