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Engorgement

Engorgement Meaning & Definition
Engorgement Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Engorgement?

[n] eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation
[n] congestion with blood; "engorgement of the breast"

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See Also | eating | feeding | hyperaemia | hyperemia

Engorgement In Webster's Dictionary

\En*gorge"ment\, n. [Cf. F. engorgement.] 1. The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting. 2. (Med.) An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion. --Hoblyn. 3. (Metal.) The clogging of a blast furnace.

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