engorgement
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
engorgement (countable and uncountable, plural engorgements)
- The act of swallowing greedily.
- The process or the condition of becoming engorged, becoming over-filled with fluid.
Translations[edit]
the process or the condition of becoming engorged
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From engorger (“to clog”) + -ment.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
engorgement m (plural engorgements)
Further reading[edit]
- “engorgement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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