ENGORGEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does engorgement mean? 

• ENGORGEMENT (noun)
  The noun ENGORGEMENT has 2 senses:

1. congestion with blood

2. eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation

  Familiarity information: ENGORGEMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENGORGEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Congestion with blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

engorgement of the breast

Hypernyms ("engorgement" is a kind of...):

hyperaemia; hyperemia (increased blood in an organ or other body part)

Sense 2

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)

 Context examples 

The presence of an increased amount of blood in a part or organ; engorgement.

(Hyperemia, NCI Thesaurus)

The inhibition of cGMP degradation results in prolonged muscle relaxation, vasodilation, and blood engorgement of the corpus cavernosa, thereby prolonging penile erection.

(Avanafil, NCI Thesaurus)