Congestion

Spanish Meaning

congestión

aglomeración

apiñamiento

apiñadura

English Meaning

  1. The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
  2. An excess of traffic.
  3. 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. An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.