Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

engorgement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: en-gorge-ment
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of swallowing greedily.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process or the condition of becoming engorged, becoming over-filled with fluid.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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 and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement)."

Etymology

Etymology tree English engorge Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English engorgement From engorge + -ment.

Usage

Inflected Forms

engorgements (plural)

Questions

What does engorgement mean?: The act of swallowing greedily.
Where does engorgement come from?: Etymology tree English engorge Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English engorgement From engorge + -ment.

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