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Engorgement
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noun
Engorgement
n.
1.
The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
2.
(Med.) An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion.
3.
(Metal.) The clogging of a blast furnace.
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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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"Engorgement" Quotes from Famous Books
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much, too many; superabundance, superfluity, superfluence|, saturation; nimiety[obs3], transcendency, exuberance, profuseness; profusion &c. (plenty) 639; repletion, enough in all conscience, satis superque[Lat], lion's share; more than enough &c. 639; plethora,
engorgement
, congestion, load, surfeit, sickener[obs3]; turgescence &c. (expansion) 194[obs3]; overdose, overmeasure[obs3], oversupply, overflow; inundation &c. (water) 348; avalanche. accumulation &c. (store) 636; heap &c. 72; drug, drug in the market; glut; crowd;
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— Roget's Thesaurus
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