tumescent (adj.)

  1. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; hungry children with bloated stomachs; he had a grossly distended stomach; eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids; swollen hands; tumescent tissue; puffy tumid flesh

    [ Syn: puffy , intumescent , tumid , turgid ]

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