Definitions for intumesce

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intumesce in·tu·mesce

Spelling: [in-too-mes, -tyoo-]

IPA: /ˌɪn tʊˈmɛs, -tyʊ-/

Intumesce is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 407 anagrams from letters in intumesce (ceeimnstu).

Definitions for intumesce

verb (used without object)

1. to swell up, as with heat; become tumid.
2. to bubble up.

Origin of intumesce

1790-1800; Latin intumēscere to swell up, equivalent to in- in-² + tumēscere, equivalent to tum(ēre) to swell + -ēscere