the act of a person or thing that swells.

the condition of being or becoming swollen.

a swollen part; a protuberance or prominence.

Pathology . an abnormal enlargement or protuberance, as that resulting from edema.

noun

depression , detumescence , subsidence

noun

abscess , blister , boil , bruise , bulge , bump , bunion , carbuncle , contusion , corn , dilation , distention , enlargement , hump , increase , inflammation , injury , knob , knurl , node , nodule , pimple , pock , protuberance , puff , puffiness , pustule , ridge , sore , tumescence , tumor , wale , wart , weal , welt , bunch , knot , lump , blain , bubo , edema , gibbous , growth , intumescence , prominence , sty , tumefaction , turgescence