turvotus

turvottaa (“to cause to swell”) +‎ -us

• IPA^(key): /ˈturʋotus/, [ˈt̪urʋo̞t̪us̠]
• Rhymes: -urʋotus
• Hyphenation^(key): tur‧vo‧tus

turvotus

1. Synonym of turvottaminen (“causing to swell”).

   herneiden turvotus vedessä ― swelling of peas in water

2. swelling, turgidity (state of being swollen)
3. swelling (anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body)
4. edema (excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity)

• (edema): edema, pöhö, pöhöttymä, vesipöhö, ödeema

• “turvotus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03