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Meaning of swelling
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swelling
n 1: an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement [syn:
{swelling}, {puffiness}, {lump}]
2: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from
its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious
bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky
prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed";
"the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: {bulge},
{bump}, {hump}, {swelling}, {gibbosity}, {gibbousness},
{jut}, {prominence}, {protuberance}, {protrusion},
{extrusion}, {excrescence}]
3: the increase in volume of certain substances when they are
heated (often accompanied by release of water) [syn:
{intumescence}, {intumescency}, {swelling}]
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