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engorgements

engorgements is the plural of engorgement.

Meaning of engorgement

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.
    • However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement...2024, Jennifer Davidson, Beth Shepherd, Sunderarajan Jayaraman, Practice Long Cases for the Part B Final FRCR Examination

Questions about engorgements

What is engorgements the plural of?
Engorgements is the plural of engorgement.

Words near engorgements in the dictionary

  1. engored
  2. engores
  3. engorge
  4. engorged
  5. engorgement
  6. engorgements
  7. engorges
  8. engorgeth
  9. engorging
  10. engoring
  11. Engoron

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