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engorgement

[en-gawrj-muhnt] / ɛnˈgɔrdʒ mənt /






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She hopes to end the stigma around breastfeeding by discussing subjects like mastitis and engorgement with her male colleagues, although it sometimes makes them squirm.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2019

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 other three, after an engorgement, rose to their cave and went to sleep for the night as we thought.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.




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