tumefaction

== English == === Etymology === From Latin tumefaciō. Compare French tuméfaction. === Noun === tumefaction (countable and uncountable, plural tumefactions) The process or result of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumour. 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay concerning the Nature of Aliments, London: J. Tonson, Chapter 6, Prop. 2, p. 152,[1] The common Signs and Effects of weak Fibres are Paleness, Smoothness, Coldness of the Skin, Colour of the Blood not Florid (for what maketh that is a strong action of the Solids) a weak Pulse, Tumefactions in the whole Body or Parts, Stagnation of Humours […] ==== Related terms ==== tumescence tumid tumour