tumefy
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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
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
Whence it comes that they are gorged and tumefied.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
Their skins and faces were tumefied by the wind, salt water and sun; the epidermis of their hands was renewed three times; their legs were anchylosed; and they were worn out.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 by Various
On the second day the spots are larger, and the integument is slightly tumefied at the centre of each.
From The Dog by William Youatt
In variola the rosy shallow ulcer and healthy pus, with the acutely tumefied glands, should not be mistaken, at least after a day.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
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
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
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