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Webster 1913 Edition
Detumescence
Deˊtu-mes′cence
,Noun.
[L.
detumescere
to cease swelling; de
+ tumescere
, tumere
, to swell.] Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen.
[R.]
Cudworth.
Definition 2024
detumescence
detumescence
English
Noun
detumescence (countable and uncountable, plural detumescences)
- The act of subsiding from a swollen state, especially the relaxation of an erect ****.