tumidity

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noun

The condition of being tumid; swollenness, distension.

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tumescenceturgescenceturgidityturgorbloatednessbloatingdistensionectasia
OriginLatin tumiditās →
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Meanings

nountumidity (countable and uncountable, plural tumidities)

plural tumidities

  1. countableuncountableThe condition of being tumid; swollenness, distension.

    There is, however, one [passage] in No. 11, which is blown up into such tumidity, as to be truly ludicrous.

    1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 1373

    Synonyms: tumescence, turgescence, turgidity, turgor, bloatedness, bloating, distension, ectasia

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe condition of being tumid; swollenness, distension.

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tumescenceturgescenceturgidityturgorbloatednessbloatingdistensionectasiaectasisintumescenceinturgescencenodosityswellingswollennesstumescenceturgescenceturgidityturgor

More synonyms by meaning

nounslight swelling of an organ or part

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tumidness
Broader
swellingpuffinesslump
Also see
bloatednessbloatingintumescenceswellingswollennesstumescencetumidnessturgescenceturgidityturgor

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latintumiditās
  2. Englishtumidity

From tumid + -ity, after Latin tumiditās.

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APA

tumidity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tumidity

MLA

“tumidity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tumidity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tumidity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tumidity.

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