TUMEFACTION - Definition

Pronunciation:		`toomu'fakshun
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the process of tumefying; the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within it

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	See Also:	biological process, organic process

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Tu`me*fac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. tum['e]faction.] The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling. --Arbuthnot.