swelling (noun)
81cold pack — noun : a sheet or blanket wrung out of cold water, wrapped around the patient s body, and covered with dry blankets * * * 1. a cold towel, ice bag, etc., applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc. 2. Also called cold pack method,… …
82root nodule — noun or root tubercle : nodule 2b(3) * * * root nodule noun (botany) The swelling on the root of a leguminous plant containing nitrogen fixing bacteria • • • Main Entry: ↑root …
83ampulla — noun (plural ampullae) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin, diminutive of amphora Date: before 12th century 1. a glass or earthenware flask with a globular body and two handles used especially by the ancient Romans to hold… …
84bighead — noun Date: 1805 1. any of several diseases of animals marked by swelling about the head 2. an exaggerated opinion of one s importance usually used with the • bigheaded adjective …
85blain — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English blegen; akin to Middle Low German bleine blain, Old English blāwan to blow Date: before 12th century an inflammatory swelling or sore …
86bluetongue — noun Date: 1863 a noncontagious virus disease chiefly of sheep that is caused by a reovirus (genus Orbivirus) transmitted by biting midges and is characterized especially by swelling and ulceration of mucous membranes of the mouth and tongue …
87bubo — noun (plural buboes) Etymology: Medieval Latin bubon , bubo, from Greek boubōn Date: 14th century an inflammatory swelling of a lymph gland especially in the groin • bubonic adjective …
88cat scratch disease — noun Date: 1952 an illness that is characterized by swelling of the lymph glands, fever, and chills and is caused by a bacterium (Bartonella henselae syn. Rochalimaea henselae) transmitted especially by a cat scratch called also cat scratch fever …
89chilblain — noun Etymology: 1chill Date: 1547 an inflammatory swelling or sore caused by exposure (as of the feet or hands) to cold …
90detumescence — noun Etymology: Latin detumescere to become less swollen, from de + tumescere to swell more at tumescent Date: 1678 subsidence or diminution of swelling or erection • detumescent adjective …
