swelling (noun)
101lodicule — noun Etymology: Latin lodicula, diminutive of lodic , lodix cover Date: 1864 one of usually two delicate membranous hyaline scales at the base of the ovary of a grass that by their swelling assist in anthesis …
102lymphogranuloma venereum — noun Etymology: New Latin, venereal lymphogranuloma Date: 1938 a contagious venereal disease caused by various strains of a chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis) that is marked by painful swelling and inflammation of the lymph nodes especially in the …
103milk leg — noun Date: circa 1860 a painful swelling of the leg caused by inflammation and clotting in the veins and affecting some postpartum women …
104mumps — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: from plural of obsolete mump grimace Date: 1598 an acute contagious virus disease caused by a paramyxovirus (species Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus) and marked by fever and by… …
105node — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin nodus knot, node; akin to Middle Irish naidm bond Date: 15th century 1. a. a pathological swelling or enlargement (as of a rheumatic joint) b. a discrete mass of one kind of tissue enclosed in tissue of… …
106nodule — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin nodulus, diminutive of nodus Date: 15th century a small mass of rounded or irregular shape: as a. a small rounded lump of a mineral or mineral aggregate b. a swelling on a leguminous root that contains… …
107photosensitization — noun Date: circa 1923 1. the process of photosensitizing 2. the condition of being photosensitized; especially the development of an abnormal capacity to react to sunlight typically by edematous swelling and dermatitis …
108pimple — noun Etymology: Middle English pymple; akin to Old English piplian to break out in pimples, and probably to English pimp more at pimp Date: 14th century 1. a small inflamed elevation of the skin ; papule; especially pustule 2. a swelling or… …
109projection — noun Date: 1557 1. a. a systematic presentation of intersecting coordinate lines on a flat surface upon which features from a curved surface (as of the earth or the celestial sphere) may be mapped < an equal area map projection > b. the process… …
110propionic acid — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary 1pro + Greek piōn fat; akin to Sanskrit pīvan swelling, fat Date: 1850 a liquid sharp odored fatty acid C3H6O2 found in milk and distillates of wood, coal, and petroleum and used especially as a …
