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Congestion

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

noun. The act of gathering or heaping together or forming a mass; an aggregation.

noun. An excessive accumulation; an overcrowded condition; specifically, in medicine, an unnatural accumulation of blood in an organ or part; hyperemia: as, congestion of the lungs or of the brain.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun. The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.

noun. Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyperæmia, active or passive.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

noun. The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.

noun. An excess of traffic.

noun. Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.

noun. An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.

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noun. excessive crowding

noun. excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part

Word Usage

"I can see why people would think that the majority of the decrease in congestion is related to gas prices being higher and the economy being in the toilet."

cross-reference

active congestion

Form

congestion charge

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

crowding

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

digestion indigestion ingestion question suggestion

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

abscess ailment asthma catarrh constipation

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

accumulation amplitude bar barrier blank wall