engorgement
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.
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.
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.
Origin of engorgement
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How to use engorgement in a sentence
As a stimulant and anodyne friction in nephritic and rheumatic pains, engorgements, &c.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold CooleyIn the dyspepsia of hysterical patients, in engorgements of the abdominal viscera, following intermittent fevers, &c.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold CooleyExtensive hot, painful engorgements also often appear on other parts of the body, and if on the limbs or joints cause lameness.
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