vi 1  :  to become distended  :  SWELL - usu. used with up  2  :  to form a chromosomal puff
n 1  :  WINDGALL  2  :  an enlarged region of a chromosome that is associated with intensely active genes involved in RNA synthesis .
 
 
 
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