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Definition of Engorging
1. engorge [v] - See also: engorge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Engorging
Literary usage of Engorging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New System of Meteorology, Designed for Schools and Private Students by John H. Tice (1878)
"Since we have proven this view of the high and low barometers to be true, therefore
the air must flow from the disgorging vortex to the engorging one. ..."
2. The Arteries of the gastro-intestinal tract with inosculation circle by Byron Robinson (1908)
"... specialized peripheral ganglia (Auerbach's and Billroth-Meissner's) which
dilate its peripheral vessels—engorging the 8 feet of jejunum with blood. ..."
3. Pathogenetic Materia Medica by Elizabeth Etta Smith Enz (1911)
"By engorging arterial capillary circulation. Bryonia.—Accelerates the peripheral
nerve endings to vessels; inflammation ranges between engorgement and ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1886)
"... when secale had closed the avenues toward engorging the brain, I saw that
pressure was simply transferred from the arterial distribution to the ..."
5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1886)
"... when secale had closed the avenues toward engorging the brain, I saw that
pressure was simply transferred from the arterial distribution to the ..."
6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists (1869)
"While engorging herself with our blood, we will Fig. i. examine under the microscope
the mosquito's mouth. The head (Fig. 1) is rounded, with the two eyes ..."
7. Contributions to the Bacteriology of the Oyster by Woods Hutchinson, Hollis Godfrey, Rhode Island (State) Commissioners of shell-fisheries, Lester Angell Round (1914)
"... of distending the blood-vessels of the part and engorging it with blood —
bring the natural antitoxins of the body to the spot in larger amounts. ..."
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