swelling

IPA: swˈɛɫɪŋ

noun

  • The state of being swollen.
  • Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.
  • (figurative) A rising, as of passion or anger.
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Examples of "swelling" in Sentences

  • A poultice of the plant has been used to treat swellings.
  • With the ranks of the ministry swelling, the outreach also expanded quickly.
  • Decreasing pain correlated for the most part with the reduction in swelling.
  • You could add ribbing, especially if his foot swelling is not always the same.
  • The reaction of tissues to irritants or injury, resulting in swelling, pain, redness or heat.
  • If the small swelling is not going down, I should increase the dose (she wrote the daily maximum).
  • I've had ice on it off and on all morning and the swelling is down to half of what it was earlier.
  • He's back on sedation to rest and minimize brain swelling, his mother Barbara said, according to ESPN.
  • Burns to the lips or mouth may result in swelling of the lips and white, patchy areas inside the mouth.
  • ` ` These kind of injuries, you always wait until the next day and see how the swelling is and just see how he reacts from it. ''
  • If I see a swelling following a bug bite (if a swelling is anything bigger than normally), I should give my son a prescribed dose of both medicines immediately.
  • “The twin swelling heads of Empire and Oligarchy are driving our country into an ever-deepening corporate state, wholly incompatible with democracy and the rule of law.”
  • The Tdap vaccine was developed to combat both the high rate of swelling from the diphtheria vaccine and the waning immunity to pertussis; it was introduced in 2006 and is now recommended for all adolescents and adults the next time they are getting their booster.

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