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INTUMESCENCES
Noun
intumescences
plural of intumescence
Source: Wiktionary
INTUMESCENCE
In`tu*mes"cence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. intumescence.]
1. The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat. The intumescence of nations. Johnson.
2. Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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