Home › Words › E › extumescenceextumescenceextumescence means A swelling or rising.EtymologyFrom Latin ex + tumescens, present participle of tumescere, inchoate from tumere (“to swell”). Compare French extumescence.nounA swelling or rising.e.g.“Often did her hand press the soft extumescences growing from the sides” — 1842, Louisa Sidney Stanhope, Rosaline:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.intumescence 80% match — The process of swelling up or the condition of being swollen. vs extumescence →extuberance 75% match — A swelling or rising; protuberance. vs extumescence →tumescence 72% match — A swelling due to the presence of fluid. vs extumescence →tumefaction 71% match — The process or result of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumour. vs extumescence →turgescence 69% match — The act of swelling, or state of being swollen or turgescent. vs extumescence →intumesce 69% match — To swell or enlarge (abnormally) vs extumescence →detumescence 69% match — The act of subsiding from a swollen state, especially the relaxation of an erect penis. vs extumescence →detumescent 66% match — Exhibiting detumescence; deflated. vs extumescence →