swelling (noun)
121thoroughpin — noun Date: 1789 a synovial swelling just above the hock of a horse on both sides of the leg and slightly anterior to the hamstring tendon that is sometimes associated with lameness …
122truffle — noun Etymology: modification of Middle French truffe, from Old Occitan trufa, from Vulgar Latin *tufera; akin to Latin tuber swelling, truffle more at tuber Date: 1591 1. a. the dark or light edible subterranean fruiting body of several European… …
123tuber — noun Etymology: Latin, swelling, truffle; perhaps akin to Latin tumēre to swell more at thumb Date: 1668 1. a. a short fleshy usually underground stem bearing minute scale leaves each of which bears a bud in its axil and is potentially able to… …
124turgor — noun Etymology: Late Latin, turgidity, swelling, from Latin turgēre Date: 1876 the normal state of turgidity and tension in living cells; especially the distension of the protoplasmic layer and wall of a plant cell by the fluid contents …
125windgall — noun Date: circa 1534 a soft tumor or synovial swelling on a horse s leg in the region of the fetlock joint …
126adenopathy — noun Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease …
127wheal — noun /wiːl/ A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc. Syn: weal, welt …
128hematocele — noun A swelling caused by the collection of blood in a cavity, especially of the membrane covering the testis …
