intumescent
abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas - hungry children with bloated stomachs - he had a grossly distended stomach - eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids - swollen hands - tumescent tissue - puffy tumid flesh • Syn: puffy, tumescent, tumid, turgid • Similar to: unhealthy • Derivationally related forms: tumidness (for: tumid), tumidity (for: tumid), tumescence (for: tumescent), tumesce (for: tumescent), intumescency, intumescence, puffiness (for: puffy)
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