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Antonyms for engorgement


Grammar : Noun
Spell : en-gawrj
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈgɔrdʒ



Definition of engorgement

Origin :
  • 1610s, from engorge + -ment.
  • As in overflow : noun flood, inundation
  • As in saturation : noun fullness
  • As in repletion : noun satiation
  • As in satiation : noun fullness
  • As in satiety : noun satiation
Example sentences :
  • This engorgement has given rise to the term "kidney of pregnancy."
  • Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
  • He was sleeping off his Sunday engorgement in a porch chair.
  • Extract from : « The Triumph of Virginia Dale » by John Francis, Jr.
  • Congestion of the brain consists in an accumulation of blood in the vessels, also called hyperemia, or engorgement.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
  • General relaxed condition of muscles; engorgement of cerebral and pulmonary vessels.
  • Extract from : « Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology » by W. G. Aitchison Robertson
  • Nevertheless, it has nutritive qualities vastly superior to our ice cream, and stomach pains rarely follow an engorgement.
  • Extract from : « My Attainment of the Pole » by Frederick A. Cook
  • The other three, after an engorgement, rose to their cave and went to sleep for the night as we thought.
  • Extract from : « My Attainment of the Pole » by Frederick A. Cook
  • The lungs frequently show some dullness posteriorly, which may be due to engorgement or to the pressure of the enlarged heart.
  • Extract from : « Scurvy Past and Present » by Alfred Fabian Hess
  • This condition led to engorgement of the lungs and liver and increased pressure in the venous side of the circulation.
  • Extract from : « Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology » by Audrey Davis
  • Inflammation of the membranes of the brain leads to the engorgement of the face, ears, and eyes with blood.
  • Extract from : « The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals » by Charles Darwin
  • There was engorgement of blood vessels in the meninges covering the brain.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Synonyms for engorgement

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