Thesaurus: engorgement

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1. n. The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
2. n. An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion.
3. n. The clogging of a blast furnace.
4. n. congestion with blood
5. n. eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation
6. 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. Hoblyn. 3. (Metal.) The clogging of a blast furnace.
7. An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part ofthe system; congestion. Hoblyn.
8. n:100 n. congestion with blood n. eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation