engorgement

English

Etymology

engorge +‎ -ment

Noun

engorgement (countable and uncountable, plural engorgements)

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

Translations

the process or the condition of becoming engorged

• Portuguese: ingurgitamento (pt) m, engorgitamento m
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French

Etymology

engorger +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

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Noun

engorgement m (plural engorgements)

1. clogging
2. engorgement

Further reading

• “engorgement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.