tumescent

2 definitions found

tumescent - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tumescent \Tu*mes"cent\, a.
     Slightly tumid; swollen, as certain moss capsules.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

tumescent - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tumescent
      adj 1: 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: puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid,
             turgid]