• Swelling

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈswÉ›l.ɪŋ/
    • Rhymes: -É›lɪŋ

    Full definition of swelling

    Noun

    swelling

    (plural swellings)
    1. The state of being swollen.
      • a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie." Chapter Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone, Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
    2. Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.

    Verb

    swelling
    1. Present participle of swell
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