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swollen

  • adjective
  • swol·len
  • /ˈswəʊ.lən/

Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).

Related words

  • forswollen
  • nonswollen
  • overswollen
  • preswollen
  • unswollen
  • swollen assets theory
  • swollen-headed
  • swollenly
  • swollenness

Word history

From Old English "swollen".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “swollen” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.