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Definition of tumescent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tumescent

adjective
 
/tjuːˈmesnt/
 
/tuːˈmesnt/
(formal)
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  1. (especially of parts of the body) larger than normal, especially as a result of sexual excitement synonym swollen
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin tumescent- ‘beginning to swell’, from the verb tumescere, from tumere ‘to swell’.
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