Dictionary 1. (n.) 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.2. (n.) Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor. Thesaurus benign tumor bloat bloatedness bloating blowing up boil bump bunion callosity callus cancer carbuncle carcinoma corn cyst diastole dilatation dilation distension dropsy edema excrescence flatulence flatulency flatus fungosity fungus furuncle gassiness growth inflation lump malignant growth metastatic tumor meteorism mole morbid growth neoplasm nevus nonmalignant tumor outgrowth pimple pock proud flesh puff puffiness puffing pustule rising sarcoma sebaceous cyst stretching swell swellage swelling swollenness tumefaction tumescence tumidity tumidness tumor turgescence turgescency turgidity turgidness tympanism tympany verruca wart wen windiness |