congestion
Pronunciation: /kənˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/
The English word “congestion” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.
- Blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive.
- An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.
- An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
- Edema, water retention, swelling, enlargement of a body part because of fluid retention in tissues and vessels.
Etymology
From late Middle English congestioun, from Old French [Term?], from Latin congestĭō (“heap, accumulation”), from congerō (“to bring together, accumulate, heap up”), formed by the root gerō (“to carry”) and the prefix con-.
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