engorgement
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“The engorgement of the American vehicle,” as Gregory Shill of the University of Iowa has called it, can kill pedestrians and people in smaller vehicles.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2022
If true, the rapid engorgement would solve paradoxes like why the heavens look uniform from pole to pole and not like a jagged, warped mess.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2014
A woman who stopped breastfeeding suddenly is experiencing breast engorgement and leakage, just like she did in the first few weeks of breastfeeding.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The first few weeks of breastfeeding may involve leakage, soreness, and periods of milk engorgement as the relationship between milk supply and infant demand becomes established.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The lymphatic ganglia are increased four, five, six, or ten times their natural size, enlarged by the engorgement of blood.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
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