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noun diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English tumescence English detumescence From de- + tumescence.
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