engorgement
Americannoun
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congestion of the vessels or ducts of a part of the body with blood, milk, or other bodily fluid.
Midwives may use acupressure techniques to reduce breast engorgement after delivery.
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the act of feeding on something greedily or excessively.
In cows and other ruminants, engorgement on grain can lead to hyperacidity and impaired microbial digestion.
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the condition of being flooded, overfilled, or oversupplied.
The reef just below Station 54 is the probable cause of the engorgement of the river during its high phase.
Speculators took advantage of deregulation and the parasitic engorgement of the financial world.
Etymology
Origin of engorgement
First recorded in 1605–15; engorge ( def. ) + -ment ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“The engorgement of the American vehicle,” as Gregory Shill of the University of Iowa has called it, can kill pedestrians and people in smaller vehicles.
From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2022
If true, the rapid engorgement would solve paradoxes like why the heavens look uniform from pole to pole and not like a jagged, warped mess.
From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2014
A woman who stopped breastfeeding suddenly is experiencing breast engorgement and leakage, just like she did in the first few weeks of breastfeeding.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The first few weeks of breastfeeding may involve leakage, soreness, and periods of milk engorgement as the relationship between milk supply and infant demand becomes established.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Bronchoscopic Appearances in Disease.—The first look should note the color of the bronchial mucosa, due allowance being made for the pressure of tubal contact, secretions, and the engorgement incident to continued cough.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
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