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engorgement|ɛnˈgɔːdʒmənt|
[f. engorge v. + -ment.]
a. The action of engorging.
b. The state of being engorged, in various senses, esp. Path. the congestion (of a tissue or organ) with blood, secretions, etc.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xvi. (1632) 844 The warre eates on still in the body of France, but not with so sharpe teeth, nor so full engorgement as before. 1866A. Flint Princ. Med. (1880) 163 The period during which the affected lobe is in the state of active congestion or engorgement. 1872Darwin Emotions xiii. 325 The engorgement of the face, ears, and eyes with blood. 1873Holland A. Bonnic. vii. 118 His aim was..never to press to engorgement the receptive faculties. 1878G. H. Napheys Phys. Life Woman ii. 233 Averting the violent rush of the milk..and the consequent engorgement of the breast. 1881Raymond Mining Gloss., Engorgement, the clogging of a furnace. |