tumefied

Example Sentences

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At another time, his tongue having become swollen and tumefied, it was restored to its natural size and condition by licking the railing of the tomb of this saint.

From Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing by Cutten, George Barton

Whence it comes that they are gorged and tumefied.

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

He lay upon the table, screaming, because his abdomen was very painful and his hip was all tumefied.

From The New Book of Martyrs by Simmonds, Florence

Of course, Thacher's case, wherein the "abdomen was remarkably tumefied and tense," came into memory at once.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

Sometimes the mouth is kept open, permitting the tumefied tongue to protrude.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry