"swellings" in the noun sense
1. swelling, puffiness, lump
an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
2. bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
"the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"
"the hump of a camel"
"he stood on the rocky prominence"
"the occipital protuberance was well developed"
"the bony excrescence between its horns"
3. intumescence, intumescency, swelling
the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
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