| intumescence | Synonym: enlargement. 2. The process of enlarging or swelling; used to describe the spinal enlargements. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tympanic intumescence | A swelling, not ganglionic, on the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeus nerve; it is regarded as possibly similar to the carotid glomus. Synonym: intumescentia tympanica, tympanic intumescence. (05 Mar 2000) |
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