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Intumescence

noun
1.
Swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion).  Synonym: intumescency.
2.
The increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water).  Synonyms: intumescency, swelling.






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"Intumescence" Quotes from Famous Books



... amplification, ampliation^; aggrandizement, spread, increment, growth, development, pullulation, swell, dilation, rarefaction; turgescence^, turgidness, turgidity; dispansion^; obesity &c (size) 192; hydrocephalus, hydrophthalmus [Med.]; dropsy, tumefaction, intumescence, swelling, tumor, diastole, distension; puffing, puffiness; inflation; pandiculation^. dilatability, expansibility. germination, growth, upgrowth^; accretion &c 35; budding, gemmation^. overgrowth, overdistension^; hypertrophy, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... its form, difficult gelatinizing, and intumescence before the blowpipe; from natrolite as mentioned ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 • Various



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