Complete Definition of "congestion"

English

Noun
en-noun

  1. The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
  2. An excess of traffic etc.
  3. 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.
  4. An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.

Translations
trans-top|act of gathering into a heap or mass
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Russian: �копление m
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trans-top|excess of traffic etc.
Czech: zácpa f
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Russian: за�о� m
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Italian: congestione f
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Derived terms
congestion charge

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