tumescence
Bodily fluid accumulation
Tumescence is the state of being swollen or engorged, typically referring to body tissues filling with blood or fluid.
The term appears most often in medical and sexual contexts, where it describes the engorgement of erectile tissue: The medication is designed to promote tumescence.
More broadly, tumescence can characterize any swelling or puffing up, whether physical or figurative.
Act of building upward
- engorgementOverfilling causing swelling
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- stiffnessResistance to deformation
- rigidityState of being unbending
turgidity · erectile · priapism · vascularity · congestion · firmness · intumescence · distension
Pathological tissue puffiness
- bloatingSwollen, expanded state
- distensionEnlargement from pressure
- puffinessMild tissue swelling
- inflammationProtective tissue response
bulge · protuberance · enlargement · thickening · ballooning · swell · welt · nodule
Abnormal tissue enlargement
- enlargementIncrease in size
- expansionIncrease in scope
- growthIncrease in size
- burgeoningExpanding or developing rapidly
flourishing · amplification · intensification · escalation · magnification · augmentation · blossoming · proliferation
Pathological tissue puffiness
- priapismSustained pathological erection
- prostaglandinLipid compound affecting inflammation
- neurogenicCaused by neural activity
- psychogenicCaused by the mind
revascularization · pharmacological · vascular · angioplasty · dysfunction · treatment · injection · diagnosis
Stirring to heightened state
- arousedAwakened or excited
- arousingEvoking strong feeling
- eroticSexually stimulating
- eroticismSexual desire's aesthetic quality
foreplay · stimulation · stimulating · titillation · lubrication · libido · excitement · desire
erection
Act of building upward
- engorgementOverfilling causing swelling
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- stiffnessResistance to deformation
rigidity · turgidity · erectile · priapism · vascularity · congestion · firmness · intumescence · distension · vasodilation
edema
Pathological tissue puffiness
- bloatingSwollen, expanded state
- distensionEnlargement from pressure
- puffinessMild tissue swelling
inflammation · bulge · protuberance · enlargement · thickening · ballooning · swell · welt · nodule · cyst
swelling
Abnormal tissue enlargement
- enlargementIncrease in size
- expansionIncrease in scope
- growthIncrease in size
burgeoning · flourishing · amplification · intensification · escalation · magnification · augmentation · blossoming · proliferation · ripening
edema
Pathological tissue puffiness
- priapismSustained pathological erection
- prostaglandinLipid compound affecting inflammation
- neurogenicCaused by neural activity
psychogenic · revascularization · pharmacological · vascular · angioplasty · dysfunction · treatment · injection · diagnosis
arousal
Stirring to heightened state
eroticism · foreplay · stimulation · stimulating · titillation · lubrication · libido · excitement · desire · passionate
tumescenceflaccidity
Lack of firmness
limpness · deflation · flatness · flaccidness · softness
tumescencesubsidence
Gradual ground sinking
deflation · shrinkage · decrease · contraction · reduction