Usually means: Swelling due to fluid accumulation.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. engorgement: Merriam-Webster
  2. engorgement: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. engorgement: Collins English Dictionary
  4. engorgement: Vocabulary.com
  5. engorgement: Wordnik
  6. engorgement: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. engorgement: Wiktionary
  8. Engorgement, engorgement: Dictionary.com
  9. Engorgement: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Engorgement: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. engorgement: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. engorgement: Rhymezone
  13. Engorgement: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. engorgement: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. engorgement: FreeDictionary.org
  16. engorgement: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Engorgement: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. engorgement: Legal dictionary

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. engorgement: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Pregnancy & Baby (No longer online)
  6. A-Z Family health glossary (No longer online)
  7. engorgement: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (engorgement)

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

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