Synonyms for tumescence
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : too-mes-uh nt, tyoo- |
| Phonetic Transcription : tuˈmɛs ənt, tyu- |
Top 10 synonyms for tumescence Other synonyms for the word tumescence
- adequateness
- agglomeration
- ampleness
- amplitude
- ball
- bit
- block
- boil
- broadness
- bulk
- bunch
- bunion
- cake
- carbuncle
- chip
- cluster
- completeness
- completion
- comprehensiveness
- congestion
- convexedness
- convexity
- copiousness
- corn
- crumb
- curvaceousness
- dab
- dilation
- distension
- distention
- dune
- elevation
- eminence
- engorgement
- enlargement
- entirety
- excrescence
- extensiveness
- fill
- gibbosity
- glut
- gob
- group
- growth
- handful
- hill
- hummock
- hump
- hunch
- increase
- knap
- knob
- knot
- knurl
- kyphosis
- lot
- morsel
- mound
- mountain
- much
- node
- nodule
- nugget
- part
- peck
- piece
- pile
- pimple
- plenitude
- plenty
- plenum
- pock
- portion
- profusion
- prominence
- protrusion
- protuberance
- puff
- puffiness
- pustule
- repletion
- ridge
- roundness
- satiation
- satiety
- saturation
- scope
- scrap
- section
- solid
- sore
- spot
- sufficiency
- surfeit
- swell
- swelling
- totality
- tumescence
- tumor
- vastness
- voluptuousness
- wad
- wale
- wart
- weal
- wealth
- wedge
- welt
- wholeness
- wideness
Définition of tumescence
Origin :- 1725, from French tumescence, from Latin tumescentem (nominative tumescens) "swelling," present participle of tumescere "begin to swell," from tumere "to swell" (see thigh) + inchoative suffix -escere. The earliest attested form of the word in English is tumefaction (1590s).
- As in lump : noun clump, mass
- As in swelling : noun physical growth; lump
- As in satiation : noun fullness
- As in fullness : noun abundance, breadth
- As in hump : noun swelling, projection
- In other words, the process of tumescence is gradual and complex.
- Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis
- In man the process of tumescence and detumescence is simple.
- Extract from : « Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6) » by Havelock Ellis
- A certain degree of tumescence must already have been attained.
- Extract from : « Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 (of 6) » by Havelock Ellis
- Tumescence must thus be obtained before desire can become acute, and courtship runs pari passu with physiological processes.
- Extract from : « Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6) » by Havelock Ellis
- It is tumescence which is the really essential part of the process, and we cannot afford, with Moll, to ignore it altogether.
- Extract from : « Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6) » by Havelock Ellis
- A state of tumescence is not normally constant, and tumescence must be obtained before detumescence is possible.
- Extract from : « Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6) » by Havelock Ellis
- Not only is movement itself a source of tumescence, but even the spectacle of movement tends to produce the same effect.
- Extract from : « Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6) » by Havelock Ellis
- It seems best to call the first impulse the process of tumescence; the second the process of detumescence.
- Extract from : « Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6) » by Havelock Ellis
- In so far, however, as they are aids to tumescence they must be regarded as coming within the range of normal variation.
- Extract from : « Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 (of 6) » by Havelock Ellis
- The æsthetic question, however, remains the same as if we were dealing with tumescence.
- Extract from : « Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 (of 6) » by Havelock Ellis
Antonyms for tumescence
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