Congest(v. t. ) To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.
Congest(v. t. ) To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.
Congested(a.) Crowded together.
Congested(a.) Containing an unnatural accumulation of blood; hyperaemic; -- said of any part of the body.
Congestion(n.) The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
Congestion(n.) 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.
Congestive(a.) Pertaining to, indicating, or attended with, congestion in some part of the body; as, a congestive fever.
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