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Definition of: intumescence
(in′t
·mes′əns, -ty-) noun
1. A tumid state or process.
2. A tumid growth; a swelling.
3. The bubbling up of a molten mass.
4. Excited feeling or language. Also in′tu·mes′cen·cy.
—in′tu·mes′cent adjective
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