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Swelling
Swelling
[
swel
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Swelling
can mean:
In medicine:
Swelling (medical)
is the enlargement of organs caused by accumulation of excess fluid in tissues, called
edema
.
In engineering:
Increase of volume of material, due to absorption of a solvent (common for
plastic
polymers)
Neutron-induced swelling
caused by neutron radiation.
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