Engelsk ordbog



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Engelsk navneord: swelling

1. swelling (om tilstand) an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)lump, puffiness


Mindre specifikke termerenlargement, symptom


Mere specifikke termerbloat, bunion, dropsy, edema, haematocele, haematocoele, hematocele, hematocoele, hydrops, intumescence, intumescency, iridoncus, lymphogranuloma, oedema, oscheocele, oscheocoele, spermatocele, tumidity, tumidness

2. swelling (om form) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge.
The hump of a camel.
He stood on the rocky prominence.
The occipital protuberance was well developed.
The bony excrescence between its horns.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance


Mindre specifikke termerprojection


Mere specifikke termerbelly, caput, frontal eminence, mogul, nub, nubble, occipital protuberance, snag, wart

3. swelling (om proces) the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)intumescence, intumescency


Mindre specifikke termerchemical action, chemical change, chemical process









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