Extumescence

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Extumescence \Ex`tu*mes"cence\, n. [L. ex. + tumescens, p. pr.
     of tumescere, incho. fr. tumere to swell: cf. F.
     extumescence.]
     A swelling or rising. [R.] --Cotgrave.
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