1 [U] the condition of being larger or rounder than normal (= of being SWOLLEN):
Use ice to reduce the swelling.
2 [C] a place on your body that has become larger or rounder than normal as the result of an illness or injury:
The fall left her with a painful swelling above her eye.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for swelling is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is swelling a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, swelling is tagged as noun.
Does swelling appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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