Engorgement (redirected from carbohydrate engorgement)

en·gorge  (n-gôrj)

v. en·gorged, en·gorg·ing, en·gorg·es

v.tr.

1. To devour greedily.

2. To gorge; glut.

3. To fill to excess, as with blood or other fluid.

v.intr.

To feed ravenously.

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[French engorger, from Old French engorgier : en-, in; see en-¹ + gorge, throat; see gorge.]

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en·gorgement n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	engorgement - congestion with blood; "engorgement of the breast" hyperaemia, hyperemia - increased blood in an organ or other body part
	2.	engorgement - eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation eating, feeding - the act of consuming food