swelling - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)

Synonyms

• intumescence
• intumescency
• swelling

More generic

• chemical action
• chemical change
• chemical process

Noun

something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

Synonyms

• bulge
• bump
• excrescence
• extrusion
• gibbosity
• gibbousness
• hump
• jut
• prominence
• protrusion
• protuberance
• swelling

More generic

• projection

More specific

• belly
• caput
• frontal eminence
• mogul
• nub
• nubble
• occipital protuberance
• snag
• wart

Noun

an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

Synonyms

• lump
• puffiness
• swelling

More generic

• enlargement
• symptom

More specific

• bloat
• bunion
• dropsy
• edema
• haematocele
• haematocoele
• hematocele
• hematocoele
• hydrops
• intumescence
• intumescency
• iridoncus
• lymphogranuloma
• oedema
• oscheocele
• oscheocoele
• spermatocele
• tumidity
• tumidness

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