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engorgement

[en-gawrj-muhnt] / ɛnˈgɔrdʒ mənt /






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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

There is no engorgement of either lungs or brain.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson




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