Congestion

[kən'dʒestʃ(ə)n] or [kən'dʒɛstʃən]

Definition

(noun.) excessive crowding; 'traffic congestion'.

(noun.) excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part.

Edited by Estelle--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.

(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.

Edited by Edward

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Repletion, plethora.

Typist: Penelope

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Congeries, accumulation, glomeration, redundancy, plethora

ANT:Dissipation, diffusion, clearance, evacuation, colliquation

Edited by Darrell