swellings

plural of swelling

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of swellings Infection is rapid, causing swellings in the lymph nodes (buboes) and leading to septicaemia and pulmonary infection. Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swellings
Noun
  • Lush lumps of rock crab arrived in a flying saucer made of ice and covered with kohlrabi shaved thin as a layer of frost.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • These lengthening formulas prioritize coating each lash sleekly, with no bumps or lumps of product.
    Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Nurse Loveth instructed me to massage my face five times a day for five days to evenly distribute the Sculptra and prevent any nodules from forming.
    Essence, Essence, 2 Sep. 2025
  • In approximately 5-10% of cases, the infection may progress to a chronic pulmonary form, causing persistent pneumonia-like symptoms, with the development of lung nodules that may be seen on chest X-ray.
    Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Fans also showed screenshots where her limbs appeared to have bruises, scratches, or small wounds.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Falling Getting hit by a person or object Some people are more likely to get bruises.
    Marisa Garshick, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Those bumps will push out deduction limitations and result in upward adjustments to tax brackets and increases to other key thresholds.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • If you’re doomed to go 4-8 again, give the locals something to cling to while they’re stuck riding over the bumps.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • My friend had heard that this grass was special because of its rhizomes, underground stems that spread, out of which shoots and roots emerge from each of its nodes or joints along the stem.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Nvidia will sell you a separate rack full of the right amount of CPX nodes to attach to your Rubin rack.
    Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Swellings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swellings. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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