engorgement
Distension from filling
Engorgement is swelling from being overfilled with fluid.
The term appears most often in medical contexts: breast engorgement occurs when milk accumulates faster than it drains, and penile engorgement refers to erection.
More generally, anything engorged has become distended or congested: The tick was swollen with engorgement.
Exceeding absorption limits
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- glutExcessive surplus
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
inundation · saturation · flooding · overload · deluge · overfilling · overcapacity · surplus
Enlargement from pressure
- turgiditySwollen or inflated state
- puffinessMild tissue swelling
- edemaPathological tissue puffiness
- bulgingSwelling outward visibly
tumescence · inflammation · swollen · puffy · dilated · ballooning · tumescent · oedema
Movement through vessels
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- erectionAct of building upward
- vasodilationRelaxation of vessel walls
- blood poolingFluid collecting in tissues
vasoconstriction · tumescence · priapism · hyperemia · venous · arterial · circulation · capillary
Lactation-based infant nourishment
- mastitisMammary gland infection
- milk ductsMammary gland channels
- letdownFailure to satisfy expectations
- colostrumInitial postpartum milk
lactation · breast pump · nipple · postpartum · milk supply · cabbage leaves · cluster feeding · weaning
State of being overfull
- overeatingConsuming beyond bodily needs
- stuffedFilled beyond capacity
- gluttedOverfilled to excess
- overfedGiven excess nourishment
bloated · fullness · feasting · bingeing · overindulgence · satiated · stuffing · overconsumption
oversaturation
Exceeding absorption limits
overabundance · inundation · saturation · flooding · overload · deluge · overfilling · overcapacity · surplus · plethora
distension
Enlargement from pressure
bulging · tumescence · inflammation · swollen · puffy · dilated · ballooning · tumescent · oedema · protuberance
blood flow
Movement through vessels
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- erectionAct of building upward
- vasodilationRelaxation of vessel walls
blood pooling · vasoconstriction · tumescence · priapism · hyperemia · venous · arterial · circulation · capillary · hemorrhoids
breastfeeding
Lactation-based infant nourishment
- mastitisMammary gland infection
- milk ductsMammary gland channels
- letdownFailure to satisfy expectations
colostrum · lactation · breast pump · nipple · postpartum · milk supply · cabbage leaves · cluster feeding · weaning · latching
repletion
State of being overfull
- overeatingConsuming beyond bodily needs
- stuffedFilled beyond capacity
- gluttedOverfilled to excess
overfed · bloated · fullness · feasting · bingeing · overindulgence · satiated · stuffing · overconsumption · food coma
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- size changesenlarge, enlargement, expand, expansion, shrink
- breastsbreast, nipple, nipples, areola, mammary gland
- infant feedingbaby bottle, baby formula, bottle feeding, formula feeding, infant formula
- swellingswelling, edema, bloating, puffiness, fluid retention
- swellingsswelling, lump, bulge, bump, edema