intumescence (redirected from lumbar intumescence)

intumescence /in·tu·mes·cence/ (in?too-mes´ins)

1. a swelling, normal or abnormal.

2. the process of swelling.intumes´cent

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in·tu·mes·cence (nt-msns)

n.

1. The act or process of swelling or the condition of being swollen.

2. A swollen organ or body part.

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intu·mescent adj.

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intumescence

1. a swelling, normal or abnormal.

2. the process of swelling.

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brachial intumescence

cervical enlargement of the spinal cord at C6 to T1.

cervical intumescence

see brachial intumescence (above).

lumbar intumescence

enlargement of the lumbar spinal cord at L4-S2.