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Definition of Engorgement
1. Noun. Congestion with blood. "Engorgement of the breast"
2. Noun. Eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation.
Definition of Engorgement
1. n. The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
Definition of Engorgement
1. Noun. The process or the condition of becoming engorged, becoming over-filled with fluid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Engorgement
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Medical Definition of Engorgement
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1. The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Engorgement
Literary usage of Engorgement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1877)
"... number of cases supposed to be sound, as a passive engorgement of the apices.
I have found this condition, unaccompanied by other evidences of trouble, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Breast and Mammary Region by Alfred Velpeau (1856)
"For my own part, I merely imply by the term engorgement, ... A. Physiological
engorgement.—Pain or change in the shape and size of the mamma, rarely fails ..."
3. The Venereal Diseases by Edward Lawrence Keyes (1881)
"... the lymphatic glands receiving the absorbents from the region occupied by the
initial lesion of syphilis undergo indolent engorgement. ..."
4. The Origin of Life and Process of Reproduction in Plants and Animals: With by Frederick Hollick (1902)
"Cases of chronic enlargement of the womb, commonly called engorgement, ...
When treating on falling of tho womb, we stated that engorgement was a frequent ..."
5. The Pathology and treatment of venereal diseases: Including the Results of by Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1868)
"The symptom referred to is an engorgement — not induration — of glands at a
distance from the point where the virus entered the system, and first appears ..."
6. The Diseases of Woman, Their Causes and Cure Familiarly Explained: With by Frederick Hollick (1847)
"Scirrhous, or Cancer, will, however, produce enlargement or engorgement of the
Womb, so similar in some respects to that already described, ..."
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