Swelling in Malayalam
വീക്കം (veekkam) is a swelling or inflammation, the word a doctor and a patient would both use for a puffed up joint or a swollen face. It names what can be seen and felt rather than the cause behind it. The word is plain and carries no medical formality.
Most common translation
Swelling, inflammation.
കാലിലെ വീക്കം ഇന്ന് നല്ലപോലെ കുറഞ്ഞു.
kaalile veekkam innu nallapole kuranju.
The swelling in the leg has gone down well today.
All Malayalam words for “swelling”
- വീക്കം (veekkam) — Swelling, inflammation.
- നീര് (neer) — Water, juice, swelling of the organs.
- മുഴ (muzha) — Lump, protuberance, tumour, knob, hard swelling.
- വീര്ക്കല് (veerkkal) — Swelling up, fattening, sighing, breathing, gasping.
മുഴ (muzha) is a hard lump or tumour rather than a soft swelling, and നീര് (neer) means water and reaches swelling only through fluid collecting in the body.
Common questions
How do you say swelling in Malayalam?
വീക്കം (veekkam).
What word describes a lump?
മുഴ (muzha), a knob, protuberance or tumour.