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Latin
Etymology
From tumidus (“swollen, protuberant, tumid”) + -tās, from tumeō (“I swell”) + -idus.
Pronunciation
Noun
tumiditās f (genitive tumiditātis); third declension
- (Late Latin) A swelling, tumor.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Synonyms
References
- “tumiditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tumiditas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.