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Corpses soon became decomposed, exposed to the sun's torrid rays; the tumefied faces of the dead took on the colour of pitch.

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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.

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

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The tongue was greatly tumefied in one case.

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A cup was exhausted of air and applied to the skin, causing the skin to tumefy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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