swollen
past participle of swell
Kids Definition
swollen
past participle of swell
Medical Definition
swollen
adjective
swol·len
: protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease)
a swollen finger
swollen
adjective
as in blown
enlarged beyond normal from internal pressure a swollen ankle from a sprain Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- blown
- distended
- puffed
- bulging
- expanded
- tumid
- turgid
- bloated
- varicose
- overinflated
- tumescent
- varicosed
- ballooned
- dilated
- protuberant
- blown up
- ballooning
- ventricose
- dilating
- turgescent
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- deflated
- collapsed
- detumescent