engorged

Verb

simple past tense and past participle of engorge

Adjective

(comparative more engorged, superlative most engorged)

Of or pertaining to something that is overly filled with fluid, especially a blood vessel.

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They seize hold of the first that brushes by, and crawling to a suitable place become engorged with blood.
A surgical operation is sometimes undertaken with success for enabling the engorged veins to empty themselves into the blood-stream in a manner so as to avoid the liver-route.
A bubo is found to consist of a chain of enlarged glands, surrounded by a mass of engorged connective tissue, coagulated blood and serum.
The lungs are engorged and oedematous, and often show haemorrhages.
The surrounding tissue is not engorged or oedematous.

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