Turgescence

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The condition of being swollen.
  • n. The process of swelling.
  • n. Pomposity; self-importance.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of swelling, or state of being swollen or turgescent.
  • n. Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent.
  • n. Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, the becoming turgid or distended by a liquid content. See turgid, 3.
  • n. The act of swelling, or the state of being swelled.
  • n. In medicine, the swelling or enlargement of any part, usually from congestion or the extravasation of serum or blood.
  • n. Pomposity; inflation; bombast.
    • Word Usage
    "He composed wistful passages about “the plump turgescence of youth,” and in pears found the “soft rapture of attainment.”"
    Equivalent
    turgescency   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    inflation    bombast    turgidity   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    turgidity    thenyou    lanoxin    broncho-pneumonia    force-screen   
     
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