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  • 31tumid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. turgid, swollen, distended, enlarged; protuberant, bulging; bombastic, pompous, inflated; teeming, bursting. See convexity, expansion. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Swollen] Syn. bulging, distended,… …

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  • 32turgid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See tumid. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Swollen] Syn. bloated, distended, puffy; see enlarged , inflated . 2. [Pompous] Syn. bombastic, pompous, grandiloquent, purple*; see bombastic . See Synonym… …

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  • 33b(e)u-2, bh(e)ū̆- —     b(e)u 2, bh(e)ū̆     English meaning: to swell, puff     Deutsche Übersetzung: “aufblasen, schwellen”     Note: Explosive sound of the inflated cheek, like pu , phu see d .; running beside primeval creation crosses the sound lawful… …

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  • 34respiration, human — ▪ physiology Introduction       the process by which oxygen is taken up and carbon dioxide discharged. The design of the respiratory system  The human gas exchanging organ, the lung, is located in the thorax, where its delicate tissues are… …

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  • 35puffy — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Windy] Syn. airy, gusty, breezy; see windy 1 . 2. [Conceited] Syn. egocentric, pompous, mettlesome; see egotistic 2 . 3. [Swollen] Syn. distended, expanded, blown; see full 1 , increased , inflated . II (Roget s 3… …

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  • 36swollen — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. distended, puffed, swelled; see enlarged , inflated . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. enlarged, distended, bloated, puffy, puffed up, bulging, inflated, edemic, tumid, turgid. ANT.: deflated, contracted, shrunken III… …

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  • 37in|flat´ed|ness — in|flat|ed «ihn FLAY tihd», adjective. 1. distended with air or gas. 2. Figurative. turgid; bombastic: »Poems…so inflated with metaphor (Oliver Goldsmith). 3. abnormally or unjustifiably increased: »inflated prices, inflated values. 4 …

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  • 38in|flat|ed — «ihn FLAY tihd», adjective. 1. distended with air or gas. 2. Figurative. turgid; bombastic: »Poems…so inflated with metaphor (Oliver Goldsmith). 3. abnormally or unjustifiably increased: »inflated prices, inflated values. 4 …

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  • 39Bladder — Blad der (bl[a^]d d[ e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW. bl[ a]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same …

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  • 40Bladder nut — Bladder Blad der (bl[a^]d d[ e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW. bl[ a]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr.… …

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