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Vinony

engorgement

noun

  1. congestion of the vessels or ducts of a part of the body with blood, milk, or other bodily fluid
  2. the act of feeding on something greedily or excessively
  3. the condition of being flooded, overfilled, or oversupplied
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English engorge Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English engorgement From engorge + -ment.

  1. The act of swallowing greedily.
  2. The process or the condition of becoming engorged, becoming over-filled with fluid.

    “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).”