Engorgement

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Engorgement \En*gorge"ment\, n. [Cf. F. engorgement.]
     1. The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity;
        a glutting.
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     2. (Med.) An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in


        some part of the system; congestion. --Hoblyn.
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     3. (Metal.) The clogging of a blast furnace.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  engorgement
       n 1: congestion with blood; "engorgement of the breast"
       2: eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation