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Tumescent
Tumescent meaning
Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue. | Inflated or overblown.
Example sentences (4)
Are you growing tumescent with anticipation?
The only treatment known to work is called tumescent liposuction but this is not available on the NHS.
In addition, the introduction of the tourniquet and tumescent technique led to minimized blood loss.
The proboscis of a female mosquito—here a southern house mosquito (Culex quinquefasciatus)—pierces the epidermis and dermis to allow it to feed on human blood from a capillary : this one is almost fully tumescent.