tumescent
Puffing up gradually
Tumescent means swollen or becoming swollen, typically from fluid accumulation or engorgement with blood.
The word appears most often in medical contexts describing tissue swelling, and in reference to erections: tumescent penile tissue.
Figuratively, tumescent describes prose or rhetoric that is pompously inflated—swollen with self-importance: His tumescent oratory impressed no one.
Abnormally enlarged
- turgidSwollen or pompous
- distendedSwollen from pressure within
- bulgingSwelling outward visibly
- puffySwollen with air
bloated · engorged · inflamed · dilated · enlarged · puffed · protuberant · ballooned
Capable of becoming erect
- engorgedSwollen from excess filling
- arousedAwakened or excited
- stiffeningBecoming less pliable
- erectVertical in position
turgid · rigid · firm · throbbing · pulsing · suffused · flushed · sensitized
Excessively ornate or ruddy
- purpleHue between crimson and azure
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- overblownInflated beyond reasonable proportion
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
turgid · overwrought · inflated · pompous · baroque · ornate · verbose · rhetorical
Pathological tissue puffiness
- priapismSustained pathological erection
- vasodilationRelaxation of vessel walls
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- indurationAbnormal tissue firmness
lymphedema · erythema · engorgement · phlebitis · hematoma · cellulitis · papule · wheal
Abnormal tissue enlargement
- expansionIncrease in scope
- enlargementIncrease in size
- distensionEnlargement from pressure
- bloatingSwollen, expanded state
inflation · amplification · augmentation · burgeoning · increasing · developing · intensifying · escalating
swollen
Abnormally enlarged
puffy · bloated · engorged · inflamed · dilated · enlarged · puffed · protuberant · ballooned · congested
erectile
Capable of becoming erect
- engorgedSwollen from excess filling
- arousedAwakened or excited
- stiffeningBecoming less pliable
erect · turgid · rigid · firm · throbbing · pulsing · suffused · flushed · sensitized · responsive
florid
Excessively ornate or ruddy
- purpleHue between crimson and azure
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- overblownInflated beyond reasonable proportion
grandiloquent · turgid · overwrought · inflated · pompous · baroque · ornate · verbose · rhetorical · hyperbolic
edema
Pathological tissue puffiness
- priapismSustained pathological erection
- vasodilationRelaxation of vessel walls
- inflammationProtective tissue response
induration · lymphedema · erythema · engorgement · phlebitis · hematoma · cellulitis · papule · wheal · nodule
swelling
Abnormal tissue enlargement
- expansionIncrease in scope
- enlargementIncrease in size
- distensionEnlargement from pressure
bloating · inflation · amplification · augmentation · burgeoning · increasing · developing · intensifying · escalating · mounting
- liposuctionliposuction, lipo, cannula, suction, fat removal
- anesthesiaanesthesiologist, general anesthesia, local anesthesia, sedation, spinal anesthesia
tumescentflaccid
Soft, lacking firmness
deflated · limp · shrunken · collapsed · contracted
tumescentspare
Held in reserve
restrained · understated · plain · austere · economical