intumescence noun.
[ɪntjʊ'mɛs(ǝ)ns] M17.[French, from Latin intumescere: see INTUMESCE, -ENCE.]1. The process of swelling up.
M17.2. The bubbling up of a fluid or molten mass.
M17.3. Medicine &
Botany. A swelling of any part of the body or of a plant.
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