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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 tu·mes·cence /tuˈmɛsṇ(t)s, tju-/
 腫起;腫脹

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 tu·mes·cence /t(j)uˈmɛsṇ(t)s/ 名詞
 腫脹,腫大

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tu·mes·cence n.  The act of becoming tumid; the state of being swollen; intumescence; -- applied especially to the state of swelling of the vascular tissue in the male and female sex organs when they have been stimulated to readiness for sexual intercourse.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 tumescence
      n : tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid
          in the tissues