svullna

Svullna is a verb found in Swedish and other Scandinavian languages that describes the process of becoming swollen or causing something to swell. In English, it is commonly translated as to swell or to become swollen. The term is used in everyday speech as well as in medical or descriptive contexts to refer to tissue or body parts increasing in size due to fluid buildup, injury, infection, or other factors.

In medical usage, svullna typically refers to edema or localized swelling of tissues. It can result from trauma, allergic reactions, inflammation, vitamin or mineral imbalances, and various diseases. The noun svullnad, meaning swelling, is closely related and often used in clinical discussions to describe the sign rather than the cause. Language notes indicate that svullna participates in tense and aspect changes like other verbs, and its descriptive form svullen is commonly seen when describing a state of being swollen.

Etymology traces the word to the Germanic language family, with cognates appearing in related Scandinavian languages. The concept of swelling is cross-linguistically common, and svullna is part of a broader set of terms used to describe fluid buildup and tissue expansion in medical and everyday contexts.

See also: edema, swelling, inflammation, related medical terms.