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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 termer | enlargement, symptom | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | bloat, 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 betydning | The 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 termer | projection | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | belly, 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 termer | chemical action, chemical change, chemical process | ||
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