CONGESTION
\kənd͡ʒˈɛst͡ʃən], \kəndʒˈɛstʃən], \k_ə_n_dʒ_ˈɛ_s_tʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CONGESTION
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- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
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- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
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Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyper/mia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.
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An excessive accumulation; crowding; thickening.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Accumulation of blood- hyperaemia- in an organ. It is an important symptom in febrile and other disorders. It may arise either from an extraordinary flow of blood by the arteries, or from a difficulty in the return of blood to the heart by the veins. More often, perhaps, it is owing to the latter cause, and is termed venous congestion, slasis or stagnation- being not unusually attended with symptoms of oppression and collapse. Hyperaemia.
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