Advertisement
Advertisement
engorgement
noun as in overflow
Strongest matches
noun as in repletion
Weak matches
noun as in satiation
Strong matches
- adequateness
- ampleness
- amplitude
- broadness
- completeness
- completion
- comprehensiveness
- congestion
- copiousness
- curvaceousness
- dilation
- distension
- enlargement
- entirety
- extensiveness
- fill
- glut
- plenitude
- plenty
- plenum
- profusion
- repletion
- roundness
- satiety
- saturation
- scope
- sufficiency
- surfeit
- swelling
- totality
- tumescence
- vastness
- voluptuousness
- wealth
- wholeness
- wideness
noun as in satiety
Weak matches
noun as in saturation
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Magendie found that when given to dogs it produced engorgement, and often inflammation of the lungs.
This condition led to engorgement of the lungs and liver and increased pressure in the venous side of the circulation.
There was engorgement of blood vessels in the meninges covering the brain.
The changes observed are those of intense engorgement of the marrow, going on to greenish-yellow purulent infiltration.
The engorgement of the obstructed territory has received the name of hemorrhagic infarction.
Advertisement
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse