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ENGORGEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("engorgement" is a kind of...):
eating; feeding (the act of consuming food)
Derivation:
engorge (overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Congestion with blood
Example:
engorgement of the breast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("engorgement" is a kind of...):
hyperaemia; hyperemia (increased blood in an organ or other body part)
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