engorgement

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

engorgement
    n 1: congestion with blood; "engorgement of the breast"
    2: eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Engorgement \En*gorge"ment\, n. [Cf. F. engorgement.]
   1. The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity;
      a glutting.
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   2. (Med.) An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in
      some part of the system; congestion. --Hoblyn.
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   3. (Metal.) The clogging of a blast furnace.
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