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engorgement

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Engorgement \En*gorge"ment\, n. [Cf. F. engorgement.]
   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.

Source : WordNet®

engorgement
     n 1: congestion with blood; "engorgement of the breast"
     2: eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation
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