swellynge
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swellynge (plural swellynges)
- (medicine) A swelling or growth of a body part or injury.
- (medicine) An unnatural excrescence or projection.
- Vainness, pridefulness, or arrogance.
- (rare) Any intense emotion or feeling.
- (rare) A rise (a growth in something)
- (rare) A rise (an upwards movement in something)
- (rare) A revolt or protest.
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- “swelling(e, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-09.