Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the process of tumefying;
the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within it;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tumefaction \Tu`me*fac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. tum['e]faction.]
The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a
tumor; a tumor; a swelling. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tumefaction
n 1: the process of tumefying; the organic process whereby
tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within
it