Crossword clues for congestion
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Congestion \Con*ges"tion\ (?; 106), n. [L. congestio: cf. F. congestion.]
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The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
The congestion of dead bodies one upon another.
--Evelyn. (Med.) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyper[ae]mia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "action of gathering together," from Middle French congestion (14c.), from Latin congestionem (nominative congestio), noun of action from past participle stem of congerere (see congest). Medical sense is from 1630s; meaning "a crowding together of people, traffic, etc." is from 1883.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation. 2 An excess of traffic. 3 (context medicine English) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs. 4 (context medicine English) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
WordNet
n. excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part
excessive crowding; "traffic congestion" [syn: over-crowding]
Wikipedia
Congestion may refer to:
- In medicine, excessive fluid in tissues, vessels, or both, including:
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Congestive heart failure, heart failure resulting in the following forms of congestion:
- Water retention (medicine), also known as fluid retention, in various tissues and vessels
- Swelling (medical), enlargement of a body part because of fluid retention in tissues and vessels
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Edema, abnormal accumulation of fluid in the interstitium, manifesting as swelling
- Peripheral edema, edema in peripheral body parts such as limbs and feet
- Pulmonary edema, edema in the lungs that impairs breathing
- Nasal congestion, the blockage of nasal passages due to swollen membranes
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Congestive heart failure, heart failure resulting in the following forms of congestion:
- Network congestion, reduced quality of service when a network is carrying more data than it can handle
- Traffic congestion, vehicles clogging streets and highways
- Congestion pricing, a system of surcharging users of public goods that are subject to congestion through excess demand
- Prostatic congestion, a medical condition that happens when the prostate becomes swollen by excess fluid
Usage examples of "congestion".
Swinging wide round the riotous congestion of Billingsgate and the broad Key before the Customs House, they pounced upon Tower Wharf.
Morgagni mentions death from congestion of the vasa cerebri caused by sneezing.
It was not fifty miles to Chantilly, but the congestion of Paris must be navigated before they could make anything like good time.
The results of insufficient protection of the lower extremities are colds, coughs, consumption, headaches, pain in the side, menstrual derangements, uterine congestion and disorders, besides disablement for the ordinary and necessary duties of life.
In paralysis it should be our aim to improve local and general nutrition, to relieve local congestions and inflammations, to produce absorption of deposited matters, and to force an abundance of blood through palsied muscles, from which they may derive a proper supply of nutriment, and to which they may give up the products of waste.
In this latitude there are persons who, during summer or early fall, are invariably attacked with acute congestion or inflammation of the upper air-passages, giving rise to sneezing, watery discharges from the nose and eyes, difficult respiration, fever, and general prostration.
The constipated condition of the bowels, often leads to congestion of the uterus and leucorrhea, followed by uterine debility, prolapsus, excessive menstruation, anteversion or retroversion of that organ.
The immediate cause of leucorrhea is either congestion, or inflammation of the mucous membrane of the vagina or womb, or both.
When the surface is subjected to cold, the numerous capillaries and minute vessels carrying the blood, contract and diminish in size, increasing the amount of this fluid in the internal organs, thus causing congestion.
When the colon is distended, it becomes a mechanical impediment to the free circulation of the blood in other organs, and causes congestion of the portal system, predisposing to chronic inflammation or cirrhosis of the liver.
Pellets will have a beneficial influence in increasing the flow, and overcoming the headache and congestion of internal organs that is the result of scanty menstruation, especially if their use be accompanied with full doses of Dr.
Congestion and inflammation of the internal organs are generally induced by exposure to cold or from insufficient clothing.
But when this crisis has been preceded by excessive labor, when intemperance or excesses of any kind have deranged the bodily functions and perverted nutrition, when the mind has been long and deeply depressed, or when the insidious progress of disease of the heart, liver, or other Important organs, occurs in consequence of irregularities of living, then there is danger of congestion of the uterus and a protracted and profuse menstrual flow, which favors a decline.
When this chronic affection is the result of other derangements, the indications are to restore health in the contiguous organs, and to relieve excessive congestion and nervous excitement in the ovaries.
Diminution of the motions of respiration is attended with an increase of the amount of the blood in the pelvic organs, constituting an engorgement of the parts, called congestion, or inflammation.