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(in-tu-mes-sen's hyah) [L.] Intumescence, swelling, enlargement, i. cervica'lis [BNA], cervical enlargement (of the spinal cord), a spindle-shaped swelling of the spinal cord extending from the medulla to the second thoracic vertebra, with maximum thickne opposite the fifth or sixth cervical vertebra, i. gangliofor'mis ganglion geniculi [BNA], i. lumba'lis [BNA], lumbar enlargement (of the spinal cord), a spindle-shaped swelling of the cord beginning at the level of the tenth thoracic vertebra and tapering into the conus meduUaris, with maximum bra, tympan'ica [BNA], tympanic intumescence, a swelling, not ganglionic, on the tympanic branch of the glo opharyngeus nerve; it is regarded as po ibly similar to the carotid glomus.