engorgement

Examples

• All

• Repeated flushing over a prolonged period can lead to telangiectasia and persistent erythema as a result of blood vessel engorgement.

  Academic text (2015)

• Frequent nursing helps alleviate engorgement that can cause discomfort for breastfeeding mothers.

• As she suffered through engorgement and mastitis, it brought tears to my eyes.

  Blog text (14)

• And skipping a feeding from the breast while you are out can cause engorgement or mastitis.

  Blog text (6)

• I had a lactation consultant come to the house three times to help relieve my engorgement and educate me on what to do.

  Blog text (14)

• If you get blocked ducts and engorgement, freeze cabbage leaves and put them inside your bra for instant relief.

  Blog text (14)

• Ligation of venous vascular malformation drainage pathways has no effect on reducing the lesion size and may increase venous engorgement.

  Academic text (1998)

• In the early weeks of breastfeeding, problems may be experienced with breast engorgement, nipple soreness, and latch-on (Newman & Pittman, 2000).

  Academic text (2007)

• If you experience engorgement, applying a cold compress can provide relief.

• New mothers often face engorgement in the early weeks as their bodies adjust to breastfeeding.

Synonyms

E

edema

vsengorgement

• Specialized

32 8.0

Swelling that happens when too much fluid builds up in parts of the body, for example the legs or face

is focused more on blood fullness rather than mainly watery fluid

C

congestion

vsengorgement

• Specialized

7 4.8

A build-up of fluid or blood that makes a body part feel blocked

is the resulting abnormal fullness rather than the general buildup process

S

swelling

vsengorgement

3 3.7

A raised, often painful area on the body after injury or infection

is narrower, meaning abnormal fullness from fluid rather than any cause

P

puffiness

vsengorgement

3 3.4

A swelling of part of the body, often around the eyes or ankles, caused by extra fluid

is a more medical term for abnormal fullness, often involving blood

D

distension

vsengorgement

• UK

1 8.9

A swelling or stretching of a part of the body, often the belly, caused by gas

is about abnormal filling with fluid specifically, not general stretching

T

tumescence

vsengorgement

• Specialized

1 9.9

A swelling of a part of the body caused by extra fluid or blood

is the same idea but stresses abnormal fullness, often of blood

I

intumescence

vsengorgement

• Specialized

1 9.9

A swelling of a body part caused by too much fluid or blood

focuses more on the abnormal fullness aspect, not just enlargement

I

intumescency

vsengorgement

• Specialized

9.9

A body part that swells because blood or other liquid collects there

emphasizes being abnormally filled rather than the causal process

T

tumidness

vsengorgement

• Specialized

9.9

A swelling in a part of the body, often after injury or infection

is more specific about abnormal filling with fluid, especially blood

T

tumefaction

vsengorgement

• Specialized

9.9

A swelling of a part of the body that has extra fluid

names the resulting abnormal fullness rather than the ongoing process

S

swellness

vsengorgement

8.8

A part of the body that is larger than normal

is more specific, implying abnormal filling by fluid rather than any enlargement

R

repleteness

vsengorgement

• Archaic

9.9

Too much blood or fluid in the body once thought to cause illness

is the modern clinical sense focused on abnormal swelling with fluid

Antonyms

D

dehydration

37 3.8

Losing too much water from your body, making you thirsty and dizzy

E

emptiness

14 3.6

A space or place that has nothing in it

How Swollen

engorgement

• Specialized

1 9.1

distension

• UK

1 8.9

swelling

3 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology