engorgement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun congestion with blood
    • engorgement of the breast
  2. noun eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation

WordNet

En*gorge"ment noun
Etymology
Cf. F. engorgement.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913