extumescence
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ex + tumescens, present participle of tumescere, inchoate from tumere (“to swell”). Compare French extumescence.
Noun edit
extumescence (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.