inturgescence

English

Etymology

From Latin inturgescens, present participle of inturgescere (“to swell up”), equivalent to in- +‎ turgescence. See turgescent.

Noun

inturgescence (countable and uncountable, plural inturgescences)

1. (obsolete, medicine) A swelling (the act of swelling, or state of being swelled).

References

• “inturgescence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.