congestion (redirected from venous congestion)

con·gest  (kn-jst)

v. con·gest·ed, con·gest·ing, con·gests

v.tr.

1. To overfill or overcrowd: Trucks congested the tunnel.

2. Pathology To cause the accumulation of excessive blood or tissue fluid in (a vessel or organ).

v.intr.

To become congested.

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[Latin congerere, congest-, to heap up, crowd together : com-, com- + gerere, to carry.]

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con·gestion n.

con·gestive adj.

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Congestion a gathering or accumulation; a heap or pile.

Examples: congestion of population, 1887; of traffic, 1883; of unmethodized matter, 1843.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	congestion - excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease hydrothorax - accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys haemothorax, hemothorax - accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) hyperaemia, hyperemia - increased blood in an organ or other body part pulmonary congestion - congestion in the lungs stuffiness - state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat
	2.	congestion - excessive crowding; "traffic congestion" over-crowding crowding - a situation in which people or things are crowded together; "he didn't like the crowding on the beach"

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congestion

noun overcrowding, crowding, mass, jam, clogging, bottleneck, snarl-up (informal), chiefly Brit.

Translations

congestion [kənˈdʒɛstʃən] n → congestión f

congestion [kənˈdʒɛstʃən] n (Med) → congestion f (fig) (= traffic); encombrement m

congestion [kənˈdʒɛstʃən] n (Med) → Blutstau m;

(of road) → Verstopfung f;

(of area) → Überfüllung f

congestion [kənˈdʒɛstʃən] n → congestione f