Definitions for intumesce
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)
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to swell up, as with heat; become tumid.
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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