swelling

n.

1. The state of being swollen.
2. Something swollen, especially an abnormally swollen body part or area.

noun

A small raised area of skin resulting from a light blow or an insect sting, for example: bump, bunch, knot, lump¹. See convex/concave.

n

Definition: physical growth; lump
Antonyms: depression

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n

One of the cardinal signs of acute inflammation; caused by the exudation of fluid from the capillary vessels into the tissue.

The volume increase caused by wetting, absorption of moisture, or chemical changes.

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1. transient abnormal enlargement of a body part or area not due to cell proliferation.
2. an eminence, or elevation.

• cloudy s. — a term which has been discarded. It was used to describe an early stage of toxic degenerative changes, especially in protein constituents of organs in infectious diseases, in which the tissues appear swollen, parboiled and opaque but revert to normal when the cause is removed. Called also albuminoid, or albuminous, degeneration.
• genital s., labioscrotal s. — in the male embryo overlie the inguinal canal development; in the female shift anteriorly and, in most species, disappear before birth.
• laryngeal s. — eminences which develop lateral to the laryngotracheal groove in the embryo.
• scrotal s. — primordial scrotum.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - hævelse, svulmen, forhøjning, udbuling, bule, svulst

Nederlands (Dutch)
zwelling

Français (French)
n. - enflure, bosse, gonflement, grossissement, accroissement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schwellung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φούσκωμα, πρήξιμο

Italiano (Italian)
gonfiore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - inchação (f)

Русский (Russian)
опухоль, опухание, вздутие, выпуклость, увеличение, переполнение, опухающий, набухающий, чванливый

Español (Spanish)
n. - hinchazón, inflamiento, crecida, abultamiento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - svullnad, svällande, ökning, stegring

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
增大, 隆起物, 膨胀, 疙瘩

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 增大, 隆起物, 膨脹, 疙瘩

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 팽창, 낮은 산, 부풀어 오름

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 膨張, 増大, 隆起, 高まり
adj. - 隆起した, 尊大な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) انتفاخ , تضخم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התנפחות, תפיחה, נפיחות, גידול‬

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