engorgement


Also found in: Dictionary, Medical, Idioms, Wikipedia.
Related to engorgement: mastitis
Graphic Thesaurus  🔍
Display ON
Animation ON
Legend
Synonym
Antonym
Related
  • noun

Synonyms for engorgement

the condition of being full to or beyond satisfaction

The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Words related to engorgement

congestion with blood

Related Words

eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation

Related Words

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
References in periodicals archive ?
scapularis ticks (with engorgement ranging from slight to high), we expect seroprevalence to be greater in this group than in that of the general population.
ABM clinical protocol# 20: Engorgement. Breastfeed Med 2009;4(2):111-3.
Although the most common clinical manifestation is orthostatic headache, SIH can rarely present with coma due to hypoxemia caused by venous engorgement. Therefore, SIH must be considered in the differential diagnosis of stupor and coma.
As a result, his penile arteries were atherosclerosed (artery wall thickened as a result of invasion and accumulation of white blood cells and proliferation of intimal-smooth-muscle cell creating an fibrofatty plaque) preventing engorgement. Based on this diagnosis, he was recommended surgery for revascularisation."
Cover Image: Dermoscopy of Ixodes scapularis on the scalp: feeding, engorgement and excrements.
The main clinical signs observed during or immediately after exercise were tachycardia and dyspnea, reluctance to move, jugular engorgement (Figure 2A), and jugular pulsations.
The constriction ring of preputial skin forms a tourniquet, leading to constriction of the distal penis and venous engorgement resulting in skin oedema and distal gangrene.
With his medical history of erratically treated high BP and physical exam findings of enlarged heart, edema of the legs and neck vein engorgement due to fluid retention, Ricardo realized that what we had been warning him about had happened.
If there is any engorgement or tenderness, clinicians should be contacted to determine if these are pregnancy related or merit further investigation.
In the case of emphysema, there is often apical predominant destruction of lung tissue, confining edema in a regional distribution to the lower lung zones.(4) Reticular patterns of edema, radiographically indicated by the presence of Kerley A and Kerley B lines, have also been described as occurring with increasing frequency in the presence of emphysema.(5) This is attributed to impairment of lymphatic flow in the chronically diseased lung with decreased compliance and elasticity, resulting in stasis and engorgement of the lymphatic network even in the absence of significantly elevated pulmonary venous pressures.
Physical examination results at the time of admission showed a body temperature of 37.8[degrees]C, tachypnea, bilateral jugular venous engorgement, weak bilateral lower lung respiratory sounds without dry or moist rales, a laterally extended heart border, a heart rate of 122 beats/min with regular rhythm, and distant heart sounds, but without pathologic murmur in the auscultatory valve areas.
Goats administered with different doses (5-500 ug) of tick cement antigen emulsified with Montanide adjuvant showed effective immune response through reduction in tick engorgement (decreased weight) and increased percentage tick rejection which proved that Montanide adjuvant is the most potent adjuvant.
The company offers remedies for pregnancy nausea, hemorrhoids and stretch marks, and once the baby is born, it has solutions for post-partum perineal bruising, episiotomy and Cesarean section births, as well as relief from breast feeding's engorgement or sore or cracked nipples.
According to Collins and Moore (1991) the most frequently observed clinical signs in canine ehrlichiosis were anterior uveitis often with hyphaema and retinal lesions like retinal vascular engorgement and tortuosity, perivascular cuffing, haemorrhage and detachment.