swelling

noun

transient abnormal enlargement of a body part or area not caused by proliferation of cells
act/process of causing to grow larger or growing larger

Pronunciation: /ˈswɛl.ɪŋ/

The state of being swollen.
“Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.”
Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.
A rising, as of passion or anger.