GeoFacts for Elmwood Park, IL. Elmwood Park, IL is a village located in the northeastern part of Illinois.
verb (used without object), swelled, swollen or swelled, swelling. 1. to grow in bulk, as by the absorption of moisture or the processes of growth. 2. Pathology. to increase abnormally in size, as by inflation, distention, accumulation of fluids, or the like: Her ankles swelled from standing. 3. to rise in waves, as the sea.
Dear Sameer, Swelling is the increase of the size of the particular part of the body, reason being the collection of fluid, tissue growth or abnormal positioning of the tissues around the bones. There are many instances where in you can see swelling.