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- Latin · derived fromex
- English todayextumescence
From Latin ex + tumescens, present participle of tumescere, inchoate from tumere (“to swell”). Compare French extumescence.
Words from the same roots
Latinex all →
exchangeawardexeffortsewersoarallegeextenuatingaventailelanceex-excarnificateex contractuexcorticateex negativoexnihilationex nuncex parteex post factoex situexsufflicateex temporeex-voto
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.