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swelling

swelling

noun

Definition of SWELLING

a small rounded mass of swollen tissue <was worried that the swelling on her neck was cancerous>

Synonyms knot, lump, node, nodule, swelling

Related Words growth, tumor, wart; hump, hunch; bruise, contusion, welt; blister, boil; blob, chunk, clod, clump, gob, gobbet, hunk, knob, nub, nubble, nugget, wad

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