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Definitions of engorgement in various dictionaries:
noun - congestion with blood
noun - eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation
ENGORGEMENT - Breast engorgement occurs in the mammary glands due to expansion and pressure exerted by the synthesis and storage of breast milk. It is also a main ...
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The process or the condition of becoming engorged, becoming over-filled with fluid. |
eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation |
congestion with blood |
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Breast engorgement occurs in the mammary glands due to expansion and pressure exerted by the synthesis and storage of breast milk. It is also a main factor in altering the ability of the infant to latch-on. Engorgement changes the shape and curvature of the nipple region by making the breast inflexible, flat, hard, and swollen. The nipples on an engorged breast are flat or inverted. Sometimes it may lead to striae on nipples, mainly a preceding symptom of septation mastitis.Engorgement usually happens when the breasts switch from colostrum to mature milk (often referred to as when the milk "comes in"). However, engorgement can also happen later if lactating women miss several nursings and not enough milk is expressed from the breasts. It can be exacerbated by insufficient breastfeeding and/or blocked milk ducts. When engorged the breasts may swell, throb, and cause mild to extreme pain. * Engorgement may lead to mastitis (inflammation of the breast) and untreated engorgement puts pressu |