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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONGESTION, n. [L.] A collection of humors in an animal body, hardened into a tumor. An accumulation of blood in a part.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part
2: excessive crowding; "traffic congestion" [syn: congestion, over-crowding]

Merriam Webster's

noun see congest

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. abnormal accumulation, crowding, or obstruction, esp. of traffic etc. or of blood or mucus in a part of the body. Etymology: F f. L congestio -onis (as congest)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Congestion 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If there is congestion in a place, the place is extremely crowded and blocked with traffic or people. The problems of traffic congestion will not disappear in a hurry... N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp, oft adj N 2. Congestion in a part of the body is a medical condition in which the part becomes blocked. (FORMAL) ...nasal congestion. N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp, oft adj N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Med.) Repletion, plethora (of blood).

Moby Thesaurus

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