EM'PHYSEM, noun [Gr. to inflate.] In surgery, a puffy tumor, easily yielding to pressure, but returning to its former state, as soon as that pressure is removed. A swelling of the integuments, from the admission of air into the cellular membrane.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.