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Congestion

Congestion Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Congestion? [n] excessive crowding; "traffic congestion" [n] excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part Synonyms \| Synonyms for Congestion: over-crowding Related Terms \| Find terms related to Congestion: amplitude \| bar \| barrier \| blank wall \| blind alley \| blind gut \| block \| blockade \| blockage \| bottleneck \| cecum \| choking \| choking off \| clog \| closeness \| compactness \| congestedness \| consistence \| consistency \| constipation \| costiveness \| crowdedness \| cul-de-sac \| dead end \| denseness \| density \| embolism \| embolus \| engorgement \| firmness \| flood tide \| full \| fullness \| gluiness \| glut \| gorge \| hardness \| high tide \| high water \| hyperemia \| impasse \| impediment \| impenetrability \| impermeability \| impletion \| imporosity \| incompressibility \| infarct \| infarction \| jam \| jammedness \| obstacle \| obstipation \| obstruction \| overbrimming \| overburden \| overcharge \| overflow \| overfreight \| overfullness \| overload \| overspill \| overweight \| plenitude \| plethora \| relative density \| repletion \| satiety \| saturation \| saturation point \| sealing off \| solidity \| solidness \| specific gravity \| spissitude \| spring tide \| stop \| stoppage \| strangulation \| supersaturation \| surcharge \| surfeit \| thickness \| viscidity \| viscosity \| viscousness See Also \| crowding \| haemothorax \| hemothorax \| hydrothorax \| hyperaemia \| hyperemia \| pulmonary congestion \| symptom Congestion In Webster's Dictionary \Con*ges"tion\ (?; 106), n. [L. congestio: cf. F. congestion.] 1. The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation. [Obs.] The congestion of dead bodies one upon another. --Evelyn. 2. (Med.) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyper[ae]mia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.

Congestion Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Congestion?

[n] excessive crowding; "traffic congestion"
[n] excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part

Synonyms | Synonyms for Congestion: over-crowding

Congestion In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*ges"tion\ (?; 106), n. [L. congestio: cf. F.
congestion.]
1. The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
   [Obs.]

         The congestion of dead bodies one upon another.
                                               --Evelyn.

2. (Med.) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood
   vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing
   other morbid symptoms); local hyper[ae]mia, active or
   passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion;
   congestion of the lungs.

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