engorgement

Definition of Engorgement in English :

1. engorgement

congestion with blood

Example Sentences:
'engorgement of the breast'

2. engorgement

eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Engorgement

verb (transitive)

1. pathology

to congest with blood

2.

to eat (food) ravenously or greedily

3.

to gorge (oneself); glut; satiate

verb transitiveWord forms: enˈgorged or enˈgorging

1.

to gorge; glut

2.

to devour greedily

3. Medicine

to congest (a blood vessel, tissue, etc.) with fluid, as blood, milk, etc.

verb intransitive

4.

to eat greedily; feed ravenously

v. en·gorged, en·gorg·ing, en·gorg·es

v.tr.

1. To devour greedily.

2. To gorge; glut.

3. To fill to excess, as with blood or other fluid.

v.intr.

To feed ravenously.