different between nodule vs tumescence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?dulus (“small knot”), from n?dus (“knot”). Doublet of nodulus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?dju?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n??d??u?l/

Noun

nodule (plural nodules)

1. A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Louden, edunol, louden, louned

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?dulus (“small knot”).

Noun

nodule m (plural nodules)

1. nodule, lump

Further reading

• “nodule” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ondule, ondulé

Latin

Noun

n?dule

1. vocative singular of n?dulus

English

Etymology

First attested 1725, from French tumescence, from Latin tumesc?ns (“swelling”), present participle of tum?sc? (“I begin to swell”), from tume? (“I swell”) + -?sc? (“I become”) (English -esce, in this form -escence), stem from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh?- (“to be swelling”), stative stem of *tum- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tju??m?s?ns/

Noun

tumescence (countable and uncountable, plural tumescences)

1. A swelling due to the presence of fluid.
2. A swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue.

Synonyms

• tumidity
• turgescence
• turgidity
• turgor

Derived terms

• detumescence

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French

Noun

tumescence f (plural tumescences)

1. tumescence

Derived terms

• détumescence
• intumescence