tumescence

English

Etymology

First attested 1725, from French tumescence, from Latin tumescēns (“swelling”), present participle of tumēscō (“I begin to swell”), from tumeō (“I swell”) + -ēscō (“I become”) (English -esce, in this form -escence),[1] stem from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh₁- (“to be swelling”), stative stem of *tum- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tjuːˈmɛsəns/

Noun

tumescence (countable and uncountable, plural tumescences)

  1. A swelling due to the presence of fluid.
  2. A swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue.

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References

  1. ↑ “tumescence” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

French

Noun

tumescence f (plural tumescences)

  1. tumescence

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