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.
In general, swelling is any abnormal enlargement of a body part. This can be due to fluid - including blood - bony malformation, muscle, or any number of things. Edema describes fluid, or swelling, that has accumulated in the tissue outside of your joint capsule.