ENGOUGEMENT
\ɛnɡˈa͡ʊd͡ʒmənt], \ɛnɡˈaʊdʒmənt], \ɛ_n_ɡ_ˈaʊ_dʒ_m_ə_n_t]\
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Accumulation in a hollow organ, of the matters secreted by it or carried into it. There is said to be Engonement des bronches, when the mucus accumulates in the bronchia; and Engouement des intestins, when the matters which ought to pass through the intestines are detained; as in a case of strangulated hernia.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).