† inturgescencyn.
Obsolete.
The quality of being swollen; concrete a swelling.
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bolninga1340
bollingc1390
bossingc1440
tumour?1541
swelling1577
bulking1599
outswelling1611
swelth1631
turgescence1631
puffedness1648
intumescency1650
inturgescency1650
intumescence1656
obtumescence1657
bloatedness1660
tumefaction1666
turgescency1666
turgence1671
swell1683
tumidness1688
puffiness1699
tumidity1721
turgidity1732
inturgescence1755
tumescence1859
swollenness1902
1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) vii. xiii. 312 Inturgescencies caused first at the bottome, and carrying the upper part before them.
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