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tumefied

adjective as in bloated

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Example Sentences

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

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

Occasionally, the joints assume a tumefied appearance, generally ulcerating, and causing painful wounds.

In variola the rosy shallow ulcer and healthy pus, with the acutely tumefied glands, should not be mistaken, at least after a day.

The girl's leg was horribly swollen; the part round the serpent's bite, terribly tumefied, was already taking a greenish hue.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tumefied, such as: distended, arrogant, intumescent, pompous, stuffy, and turgid.

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

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