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tumescence

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Tumescence: a swelling or tumid enlargement: a puffed up area.

Tumescence must thus be obtained before desire can become acute, and courtship runs pari passu with physiological processes.

It is tumescence which is the really essential part of the process, and we cannot afford, with Moll, to ignore it altogether.

Not only is movement itself a source of tumescence, but even the spectacle of movement tends to produce the same effect.

A state of tumescence is not normally constant, and tumescence must be obtained before detumescence is possible.

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On this page you'll find 199 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tumescence, such as: completeness, saturation, totality, wholeness, adequateness, and ampleness.

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

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