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Definition of Engorged
1. Adjective. Overfull as with blood.
Definition of Engorged
1. p. a. Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts.
Definition of Engorged
1. Verb. (past of engorge) ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to something that is overly filled with fluid, especially a blood vessel. ¹
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Definition of Engorged
1. engorge [v] - See also: engorge
Medical Definition of Engorged
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1. Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Engorged
Literary usage of Engorged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1915)
"Of the number taken from the ears twelve engorged and partially engorged ...
12—Partly engorged. The weights and measurements of the twelve females varied. ..."
2. Transactions of the ... Session of the American Institute of Homœopathy by American Institute of Homeopathy Session (1875)
"engorged PAPILLA AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE. BY WH WOODYATT, MD, CHICAGO. Now that the
attention of the physician is fully directed to the valuable aid to be ..."
3. Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopaedia of Universal Authorship by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon (1893)
"... fraught with rancour and engorged yre, He cast at once him to avenge for all ;
And, gathering up ..."
4. The London Medical Gazette (1850)
"... bladder healthy ; the right cavity of the heart containing a quantity of black
blood slightly coagulated, the left side empty; lungs greatly engorged; ..."
5. The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine (1844)
"The engorged parts then gradually subside, the purplish colour changes to a white,
the tears resume their natural- course, and every trace of the disease ..."
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