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tumescent

[ US /tuˈmɛsɪnt/ ]
[ UK /tjuːmˈɛsənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
    eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids
    swollen hands
    tumescent tissue
    puffy tumid flesh
    he had a grossly distended stomach
    hungry children with bloated stomachs

How To Use tumescent In A Sentence

  • Columns of the arcade are simply the rolled steel members of the frame, exposed and made silver with intumescent paint.
  • Even the more rowdy numbers managed to combine hip-thrusting, frilly-shirted swagger with no hint of tumescent, swollen subtext. Times, Sunday Times
  • The deaths reviewed in the new study all involved variations on "tumescent" liposuction, a popular technique developed by dermatologists in the late 1980s. Lowdown On Liposuction
  • Bodywork is protected by military-grade sacrificial thermo-ceramic intumescent paints (swelling, heat-resistant paint to you and me), and windows and bodywork are further insulated by advanced aerogel laminated insulation. Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
  • Each tendon consists of one or more steel prestressing strands coated with a proprietary intumescent material.
  • While not the only intumescent fire retardant coating on the market, ICYNENE ShelterShield ™ represents a breakthrough - employing a technology not used before in the spray foam industry. Business Wire Travel News
  • Not everything here is tumescent: Théo van Rysselberghe's seascape "Big Clouds" (1893) is a bit of Seurat pointillism on the Danube, and in Klimt's "Forester House in Weissenbach on the Attersee" (1912), the open casements are painted with Van Gogh's flamelike passion. Modernism's Austrian Rebels
  • PureLipo, which Sant Antonio trademarked, is a form of "tumescent" liposuction, which means the painkiller is injected along with saline solution and a drug that slows bleeding into small incisions in the skin. Lack of training can be deadly in cosmetic surgery
  • ShelterShield ™, an intumescent fire retardant coating that is available exclusively to Icynene Business Wire Travel News
  • However, Miami plastic surgeon Adam Rubinstein says virtually all cosmetic surgeons are doing tumescent liposuction; the main difference is the type of anesthesia used. Lack of training can be deadly in cosmetic surgery
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