Definition of tumefy Tumefy
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We found 6 definitions of tumefy from 4 different sources.
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What does tumefy mean?
WordNet
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| tumefy - cause to become very swollen | ||
| swell expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" | ||
| tumefy - expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" | ||
| swell, swell up, intumesce, tumesce | ||
| expand become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly" | ||
| distend swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows" | ||
| belly, belly out swell out or bulge out | ||
| puff out, puff up, blow up, puff make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up" | ||
| bloat become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated" | ||
| vesicate, blister get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- tumefy (Verb)
To cause to swell.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tumefy (v. t.)
To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up. - tumefy (v. i.)
To rise in a tumor; to swell.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tumefy
tū′me-fī, v.t. to cause to swell.—v.i. to swell: to rise in a tumour:—pa.t. and pa.p. tū′mefīed.—n. Tumefac′tion, tumour: swelling. [L. tumefacĕre—tumēre, to swell, facĕre, to make.]
