NOUN
- the process of tumefying; the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within it
How To Use tumefaction In A Sentence
- Doctors look for skin disease, serious disability, anthropathy, lymph problems, struma tumefaction and icterus.
- For 2 years, this tumefaction slowly enlarged.
- In from three to six days, the tumefaction around the joint tends to soften at a particular place, and bursts, and a discharge that is sometimes of a sanious character, mixed with synovia, escapes. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
- -- Upon the internal surface of the bursal membrane is first noticed a slight inflammatory hyperæmia, accompanied by more or less swelling and tumefaction, owing to its infiltration with inflammatory exudate. Diseases of the Horse's Foot
- Minor local tumefactions were observed in only 3% of the children.
- Three months later, the tumefaction persisted and so treatment continued.
- Examination revealed a tumefaction, draining a whitish secretion from the scar of the biopsy.
