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swelling

swelling

1 4.1
An increase in size of a material, often when heated
  • noun
  • /ˈswɛlɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : expansión
  • Overnight all the swelling and yuckiness just dissipates so much.

One was battery swelling, another thought was just potentially heat or something just making it adhesive.

Examples

  • For example, in diabetes, higher blood sugar concentrations can trigger increased kidney filtration, swelling, and inflammation.

  • There's a lot of imagery of swelling, of distortion and distension of the body that some critics point to her biography to explain.

  • So perhaps it could help reduce the swelling of under eye bags maybe.

  • And since the swelling can push on the pain receptors, they might fire a lot.

  • One was battery swelling, another thought was just potentially heat or something just making it adhesive.

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  • That causes redness, heat and swelling in the tissues.

  • Because again, the swelling and so much of what he took was like, you know, there were, there were fluids there with the light bulb, but that's, that's the information you wanted it.

  • For Crisp, the covenant authorizes penitential swellings that feed the constellation of sin.

    Academic text (2006)

  • After heating, the swelling of the dough made it rise significantly.

  • The heat caused the swelling of the plastic, making it easier to mold.

Synonyms

tumescence
vsswelling
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A swelling of a part of the body caused by extra fluid or blood

is about material volume rise when heated often with water release
engorgement
vsswelling
  • Specialized
1 9.1

A body part that is filled with blood or fluid and looks swollen

is for material expansion from heat and water release not bodily filling
intumescence
vsswelling
  • Specialized
9.9

An increase in size of a material when heated that often releases water in fireproof coatings

is the common general term for that same process
intumescency
vsswelling
  • Specialized
9.9

A material that swells and gets bigger when heated, often releasing water

is the same concept but a variant spelling or form
tumefaction
vsswelling
  • Specialized
9.9

A swelling of a part of the body that has extra fluid

is about material volume increase caused by heating and water release
swellness
vsswelling
8.8

A part of the body that is larger than normal

is focused on material volume increase from heat not body parts
tumidity
vsswelling
  • Specialized
9.9

A slight swelling of a part of the body

is about larger material volume change when heated not small organ enlargement

Antonyms

reduction
451 3.2

A decrease in size, amount, degree, or price

contraction
34 4.4

A process of becoming smaller in size or amount

How Much

to burst
164 1.4
swelling
  • Specialized
1 4.1
expansion
241 3.3
dilation
13 6.5
physical change
  • Specialized
4 3.4

Surface Forms

swelling singular
swellings plural

Morphology

swelling = swell (transparent) = swell + ing

A straightforward nominalization of the verb 'swell' describing an increase in volume, a meaning learners can infer from the base verb.

Etymology

Swelling comes from an old English word swell, meaning 'to rise' or 'get bigger'. In materials or food, a swelling is when something grows in size, for example dough 'puffs up' in the oven as steam makes it expand.