tumefaction
Puffy tissue state
Tumefaction is swelling—the process of becoming swollen or the swollen state itself.
The word is medical and formal, used where swelling would serve in everyday speech: The doctor noted tumefaction around the wound.
The related verb tumefy means to swell or cause to swell.
Pathological tissue puffiness
- bloatSwell abnormally
- bulgeOutward curved projection
- engorgementOverfilling causing swelling
- puffinessMild tissue swelling
distension · protuberance · ballooning · inflation · turgidity · enlargement · protrusion · bloating
Abnormal tissue mass
fibroma · adenoma · carcinoma · sarcoma · malignancy · benign · metastasis · biopsy
Crimson-hued state
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- painBodily or emotional distress
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- irritationMild anger or inflammation
trauma · allergy · abscess · cellulitis · induration · suppuration · erythema · tenderness
edema
Pathological tissue puffiness
- bloatSwell abnormally
- bulgeOutward curved projection
- engorgementOverfilling causing swelling
puffiness · distension · protuberance · ballooning · inflation · turgidity · enlargement · protrusion · bloating · stretching
neoplasm
Abnormal tissue mass
lipoma · fibroma · adenoma · carcinoma · sarcoma · malignancy · benign · metastasis · biopsy · oncology
redness
Crimson-hued state
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- painBodily or emotional distress
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
irritation · trauma · allergy · abscess · cellulitis · induration · suppuration · erythema · tenderness · warmth
tumefactiondeflation
Sustained decrease in prices
shrinkage · contraction · reduction · decrease · subsidence
tumefactionresolution
Formal decision or determination
healing · normalization · remission · recovery · subsiding
tumor, tumid, tumescent, tumescence, intumescence, intumescent