tumefy
[ too-muh-fahy, tyoo- ]
Synonyms for tumefy
- accumulate
- add to
- balloon
- bloat
- bulge
- enlarge
- expand
- fatten
- grow
- increase
- mount
- rise
- surge
- aggravate
- amplify
- augment
- belly
- billow
- blister
- dilate
- distend
- enhance
- extend
- heighten
- intensity
- plump
- pouch
- pout
- protrude
- puff
- uprise
- be inflated
- become bloated
- become distended
- become swollen
- fill out
- grow larger
- puff up
- round out
- well up
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Antonyms for tumefy
- abridge
- decline
- decrease
- diminish
- drop
- fall
- lessen
- lose
- lower
- reduce
- shrink
- slump
- compress
- condense
- contract
- curtail
- shorten
- concentrate
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A cup was exhausted of air and applied to the skin, causing the skin to tumefy.
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