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How to pronounce tumescent in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms intumescent, puffy, tumid, turgid
Derivation tumesce, tumescence


tumescent tissue.

Examples of tumescent

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Lautrec is presenting the open-legged Avril as an object of tumescent masculine desire.
From the theaustralian.com.au
The company doesn't claim Smartlipo is superior to tumescent liposuction.
From the ocregister.com
According to Stephen Stills, 29, tumescent egos were responsible.
From the time.com
It's not that it's lazy, it's that whenever they hear the word Pulitzer, they become tumescent.
From the theatlantic.com
Now he has a shiny limo, a herd of lens-tumescent paparazzi and a crowd of fans waiting for him.
From the guardian.co.uk
Instead of phallic towers there were tumescent words.
From the time.com
She performed tumescent liposuction on both sides of each knee, and incorporated the use of the laser on only one side.
From the ocregister.com
The candidates for tumescent liposuction often are not the same as candidates for an external fat reduction treatment.
From the sciencedaily.com
In the G37x, tumescent tension builds in tandem with the car's smooth, steady, strong climb in engine revolutions.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Puffy: abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
  • (tumescence) tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues
  • Tumescence is the quality or state of being tumescent or swollen. Tumescence usually refers to the normal engorgement with blood (vascular congestion) of the erectile tissues, marking sexual excitation and possible readiness for sexual activity. ...
  • Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue; inflated or overblown
  • (tumescence) A swelling due to the presence of fluid; A swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue
  • (Tumescence (penile)) hardening and expansion of the penis: penile erection. Commonly referred to as nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT) in sleep recordings.
  • (Tumescence) a swelling or distended area
  • (TUMESCENCE) Swelling of the sexual skin of females during estrus.
  • The use of saline with lidocaine and epinephrine injected into fat prior to liposuction. This allows for decreased bruising and easier removal of tissue.