Congestion /(?; 106)/
Con·ges·tion
Congestion
n.
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The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation. [Obs.]
The congestion of dead bodies one upon another.
- Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyperæmia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs. (Med.)