tumescent

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tumescent
    adj 1: abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry
           children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly
           distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids";
           "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
           [syn: {puffy}, {intumescent}, {tumescent}, {tumid},
           {turgid}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tumescent \Tu*mes"cent\, a.
   Slightly tumid; swollen, as certain moss capsules.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]