meaning of congestion
1. The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
2. 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.
3. excessive crowding; "traffic
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