"tumescence" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /tjuːˈmɛsəns/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tumescence.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tumescences [plural]
Etymology: First attested 1725, from French tumescence, from Latin tumescēns (“swelling”), present participle of tumēscō (“I begin to swell”), from tumeō (“I swell”) + -ēscō (“I become”) (English -esce, in this form -escence), stem from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh₁- (“to be swelling”), stative stem of *tum- (“to swell”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tewh₂-}}, {{bor|en|fr|tumescence}} French tumescence, {{der|en|la|tumescēns|t=swelling}} Latin tumescēns (“swelling”), {{m|la|tumēscō|t=I begin to swell}} tumēscō (“I begin to swell”), {{m|la|tumeō|t=I swell}} tumeō (“I swell”), {{m|la|-ēscō|t=I become}} -ēscō (“I become”), {{cog|en|-esce}} English -esce, {{af|en|-escence}} -escence, {{der|en|ine-pro|*tum-éh₁-|t=to be swelling}} Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh₁- (“to be swelling”), {{m|ine-pro|*tum-|t=to swell}} *tum- (“to swell”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tumescence (countable and uncountable, plural tumescences)
  1. A swelling due to the presence of fluid. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medical signs and symptoms Translations (swelling due to presence of fluid): оток (otok) [masculine] (Bulgarian), topoření [neuter] (Czech), zduření [neuter] (Czech), duření [neuter] (Czech), zwelling [feminine] (Dutch), paisuminen (Finnish), о́пухоль (ópuxolʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tumescence-en-noun-Qo3YVdGn Disambiguation of Medical signs and symptoms: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -escence Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -escence: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'swelling due to presence of fluid': 95 5
  2. A swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medical signs and symptoms Translations (swollen organ): zwelling [feminine] (Dutch), paisunut elin (Finnish), о́пухоль (ópuxolʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tumescence-en-noun-N5tswNRo Disambiguation of Medical signs and symptoms: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'swollen organ': 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tumidity, turgescence, turgidity, turgor Derived forms: detumescence, nocturnal penile tumescence

Noun [French]

Forms: tumescences [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} tumescence f (plural tumescences)
  1. tumescence Tags: feminine Derived forms: détumescence, intumescence
    Sense id: en-tumescence-fr-noun-MD3j02r9 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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