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Meaning of 'congestion' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Congestion [ n.]
- The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
- 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.

Meaning of 'congestion' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . congestion [ n]
Meaning (1):
- excessive crowding
Example in sentence:
  • traffic congestion

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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