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Puffiness

The quality or state of being puffy.

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Bloat 76% connected

To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlarg…

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Bunion 76% connected

Same as Bunyon.

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Dropsy 76% connected

An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

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Edema 76% connected

Same as oedema.

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Hematocele 76% connected

A tumor filled with blood.

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Intumescence 76% connected

The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the a…

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Oedema 76% connected

A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

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Tumidity 76% connected

The quality or state of being tumid.

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Enlargement 76% connected

The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.

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Inelegance 76% connected

Alt. of Inelegancy

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Symptom 76% connected

Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease…

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Pretentious 74% connected

Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.

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Pretentious 74% connected

Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.

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Tumid 74% connected

Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.

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Tumid 74% connected

Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.

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Inflation 92% connected

The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.

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Lump 92% connected

A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.

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Ostentation 92% connected

The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.

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Pomposity 92% connected

The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness.

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Swelling 92% connected

of Swell

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