detumescence Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen

WordNet

De`tu*mes"cence noun
Etymology
L. detumescere to cease swelling; de + tumescere, tumere, to swell.
Definitions
  1. Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen. R. Cudworth.

Webster 1913