† detumefyv.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To lose swollen condition, subside from being swollen.
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the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > process of healing of an injury, etc. > of injury, etc.: heal [verb (intransitive)] > of swelling: go down
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1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xiv. 485 If it be fomented with very cold Water, it will detumefie.
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