DETUMESCENCE
\dɪtjuːmˈɛsəns], \dɪtjuːmˈɛsəns], \d_ɪ_t_j_uː_m_ˈɛ_s_ə_n_s]\
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A diminution of swelling. This word has nearly the same signification as the French word Desenflure. The latter is, however, more particularly applied to the diminution of oedema or anasarca; the former, to the resolution of tumour properly so called.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).