| The cup is drained of air and applied to specific areas of the body causing the skin to tumefy, or swell. |
| To swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but the tenor of the thought. |
| The vacuum cup creates suction causing the surface tissue to tumefy or bulge into the cup. |
| A cup was exhausted of air and applied to the skin, causing the skin to tumefy. |
