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swellings
 
Noun swelling has 2 senses
  1. swelling, puffiness, lump - abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
    --1 is a kind of symptom
    --1 has particulars:
     spermatocele; bloat; bunion; edema, oedema, hydrops, dropsy; hematocele, haematocele, hematocoele, haematocoele; intumescence, intumescency; iridoncus; oscheocele, oscheocoele; tumidity, tumidness
    Derived form: verb swell3
  2. intumescence, intumescency, swelling - the swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
    --2 is a kind of chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
swellable swelled swelled head swellhead swelling swelling around the eyelid swelling enrollments swelling upon swellings swells swelt swelter sweltering sweltry swent swept swept away

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