Engorgement
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Engorgement is a noun meaning The act of swallowing greedily.
Meaning
The act of swallowing greedily.
More Meanings
- The process or the condition of becoming engorged, becoming over-filled with fluid.
Example Sentences
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).
Word Forms
- engorgements
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ingurgitation, gorge, ganneting, gorging, gulpful, glutting.
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