engorgement

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11

Definition of engorgement

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of swallowing greedily.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of swallowing greedily.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The process or the condition of becoming engorged, becoming over-filled with fluid.
    “However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement).”

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Etymology

From engorge + -ment.

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