tumefy
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A cup was exhausted of air and applied to the skin, causing the skin to tumefy.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Toby Appel
During the minute that the skin was allowed to tumefy under the cup, the scarificator was warmed in the palm of the hand in preparation for the most difficult part of the operation.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Toby Appel
Occasionally, the joints assume a tumefied appearance, generally ulcerating, and causing painful wounds.
From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Robert Jennings
The parts are tumefied, but not more, nor even so much as one night have expected.
From The Dog by William Youatt
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
The tongue was greatly tumefied in one case.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Francis E. Anstie
In some cases the salivary glands become tumefied with a profuse salivation; and the body, and its perspiration, are as yellow as in the jaundice.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
It is as if the little boy had been taught to believe that by never saying the word mumps, he could save his playmate from tumefying glands.
From Nonsenseorship by G. G. Putnam
A tumefying condition undoubtedly marks the beginning of all catarrhal diseases.
From Philosophy of Osteopathy by A. T. (Andrew Taylor) Still
