umschriebene, meist schmerzhafte Schwellung an der Körperoberfläche als Folge stumpfer Verletzungen u. dadurch bedingter Gewebszerreißungen u. -blutungen (Blut-B.) oder umschriebener Eiteransammlungen (Eiter-B.).
ETYM Old Eng. bulge a swelling; cf. AS. belgan to swell, OSw. bulgja, Icel. bôlginn swollen, Old High Germ. belgan to swell, German bulge leathern sack, Skr. buh to be large. Related to Bilge, Belly, Billow, Bouge.
Something that protrudes; SYN. bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence.
1. An appreciable consequence (especially a lessening).
2. An impression in a surface (as made by a blow); SYN. gouge, nick.
ETYM Old Eng. dint, dent, dunt, a blow, as. dynt; akin to Icel. dyntr a dint, dynta to dint, and perh. to Latin fendere (in composition). Related to Dent, Defend.
Interchangeable with 'means' in the expression 'by dint of'.
1 archaic; Blow, stroke.
2. Force, power.
3. Dent.
ETYM Latin erectio: cf. French érection.
1. A structure that has been erected.
2. An erect penis; SYN. hard-on.
ETYM Cf. od. lompe piece, mass. Related to Lunch.
1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass.
2. A mass or aggregation of things.
3. A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
4. A lazy, usually overweight person.