Congested


[kuh n-jest] /kənˈdʒɛst/

verb (used with object)
1.
to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog:
The subway entrance was so congested that no one could move.
2.
Pathology. to cause an unnatural accumulation of blood or other fluid in (a body part or blood vessel):
The cold congested her sinuses.
3.
Obsolete. to heap together.
verb (used without object)
4.
to become congested:
His throat congested with phlegm.
/kənˈdʒɛstɪd/
adjective
1.
crowded to excess; overfull
2.
(of an organ or part) loaded or clogged with blood
3.
(of the nose) blocked with mucus
/kənˈdʒɛst/
verb
1.
to crowd or become crowded to excess; overfill
2.
to overload or clog (an organ or part) with blood or (of an organ or part) to become overloaded or clogged with blood
3.
(transitive; usually passive) to block (the nose) with mucus
adj.

1570s, “heaped up,” past participle adjective from congest. Meaning “overcrowded” is recorded from 1862.
v.

early 15c., “to bring together” (transitive), from Latin congestus, past participle of congerere “to bring together, pile up,” from com- “together” (see com-) + gerere “to carry, perform” (see gest). Medical sense of “unnatural accumulation” (1758) led to transferred (intransitive) sense of “overcrowd” (1859). Related: Congested; congesting.

congested con·gest·ed (kən-jěs’tĭd)
adj.
Affected with or characterized by congestion.

congest con·gest (kən-jěst’)
v. con·gest·ed, con·gest·ing, con·gests
To cause the accumulation of excessive blood or tissue fluid in a vessel or an organ.

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