Found 2 items, similar to intumescence.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: intumescence intumescence n 1: swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion) [syn: intumescency] 2: the swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) [syn: intumescency, swelling]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Intumescence Intumescence \In`tu*mes"cence\, n. [Cf. F. intumescence.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat. [1913 Webster] The intumescence of nations. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor. [1913 Webster]