congestion Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part
  2. noun excessive crowding
    over-crowding.
    • traffic congestion

WordNet

Con*ges"tion noun
Etymology
L. congestio: cf. F. congestion.
Definitions
  1. The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation. Obs.
    The congestion of dead bodies one upon another. Evelyn.
  2. (Med.) 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.

Webster 1913