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单词 tumescence
释义 tu·mes·cence
\t(y)üˈmesən(t)s\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin tumēre to swell + English -escence
1. : the quality or state of being tumescent : distention, inflation: as
 a. : swelling or teeming fullness
  < the lush tumescence of equatorial vegetation >
  < the tumescence of the life force within him — Sidney Monas >
  < lyrics … distinguished by a kind of tumescence — Cyril Connolly >
 b. : inflation
  < a current critical tumescence — J.L.Lievsay >
 c. : readiness for sexual activity marked by rising emotional excitement and physical tension with vascular congestion of the sex organs
  < tumescence … is the really essential part of the process — Havelock Ellis >
2. : swollen part : swelling
 < prairie relieved only by … tumescences — Clifton Fadiman >
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