swelling (noun)
91elevation — noun Date: 14th century 1. the height to which something is elevated: as a. the angular distance of something (as a celestial object) above the horizon b. the degree to which a gun is aimed above the horizon c. the height above the level of the… …
92freshet — noun Date: 1596 1. archaic stream 1 2. a. a great rise or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow b. a swelling quantity ; influx < summer brings a freshet of tourists > …
93gathering — noun Date: before 12th century 1. assembly, meeting 2. a suppurating swelling ; abscess 3. the collecting of food or raw materials from the wild 4. collection, compilation 5. a gather in cloth …
94gibbosity — noun (plural ties) Date: 14th century protuberance, swelling …
95glanders — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: Middle French glandre glandular swelling on the neck, from Latin glandulae, from plural of glandula, diminutive of gland , glans Date: 1523 a contagious and destructive disease… …
96goiter — noun Etymology: French goitre, from Middle French, back formation from goitron throat, from Vulgar Latin *guttrion , guttrio, from Latin guttur Date: 1625 an enlargement of the thyroid gland visible as a swelling of the front of the neck compare… …
97housemaid's knee — noun Etymology: from its occurrence among women who work a great deal on their knees Date: 1831 a swelling over the knee due to an enlargement of the bursa in the front of the patella …
98imbibition — noun Date: 15th century the act or action of imbibing; especially the taking up of fluid by a colloidal system resulting in swelling • imbibitional adjective …
99infectious mononucleosis — noun Date: 1920 an acute infectious disease caused by the Epstein Barr virus and characterized by fever, swelling of lymph nodes, and lymphocytosis …
100intumescence — noun Etymology: French, from Latin intumescere to swell up, from in + tumescere to swell more at tumescence Date: 1650 a swollen or enlarged part of a plant or animal; also the process of swelling up or enlarging …
