Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue. / Inflated or overblown.

In a tumescent manner.

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

plural of tumescence

(intransitive) To become tumescent; to expand or inflate.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tumesce

simple past tense and past participle of tumesce

present participle of tumesce

(medicine) An erection during sleep or on waking up.

plural of nocturnal penile tumescence