Tumescent: Swollen, tumid, bloated, distended.
Could be: abnormally swollen, especially by fluids or gas. Yum.
From the Latin: tumescens, present participle of tumesco, "To grow swollen."
Tu*mes"cent (?), a.
Slightly tumid; swollen, as certain moss capsules.
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