extumescence
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin ex + tumescens, present participle of tumescere, inchoate from tumere (“to swell”). Compare French extumescence.
Noun
editextumescence (plural extumescences)
- A swelling or rising.
- 1842, Louisa Sidney Stanhope, Rosaline:
- Often did her hand press the soft extumescences growing from the sides
References
edit- “extumescence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.