4
dropsy
4
edema(noun, enlargement, inflammation)
4
elevation(increase, rise, swell, bump, lump)
4
expanding(verb, adjective, rising, mounting, upward)
4
inflated
4
knot(noun, handle, piece, swell, mass)
4
nodule(noun, increase, swell, growth, head)
4
protuberant(adjective, mounting, protruding)
4
sore(noun, cut, increase, hurt, wrong)
4
sprouting(adjective, spire, shoot up, tower up, uprise)
4
swollen
4
thickening(noun, verb, lump, expansion, tumor)
4
tumid(adjective, ornament)
4
turgid(adjective, ornament)
4
ulcer(noun, spot, wound, eruption, sore)
4
up(noun, increase, excitement, rise, agitation)
3
abscess(noun, increase, spot, bump, lump)
3
advance
3
amplifying(verb, rising, mounting, upward, expanding)
3
augmenting(verb, adjective, rising, mounting, upward)
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