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con⋅gest

  [kuhn-jest]
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–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.
Origin:
1530–40; < L congestus (ptp. of congerere; see congeries ), equiv. to con- con- + ges- (var. s. of gerere) + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
con⋅gest⋅i⋅ble, adjective
con⋅ges⋅tive, adjective
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con·gest   (kən-jěst')   
v.   con·gest·ed, con·gest·ing, con·gests

v.   tr.

  1. To overfill or overcrowd: Trucks congested the tunnel.

  2. Pathology To cause the accumulation of excessive blood or tissue fluid in (a vessel or organ).

v.   intr.
To become congested.

[Latin congerere, congest-, to heap up, crowd together : com-, com- + gerere, to carry.]
con·ges'tion n., con·ges'tive adj.
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Word Origin & History

congest 
1538, "to bring together" (trans.), from L. congestus, pp. of congerere "to bring together, pile up," from com- "together" + gerere "to carry, perform." Medical sense of "unnatural accumulation" (1758) led to transferred (intrans.) sense of "overcrowd" (1859).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: con·gest·ed
Pronunciation: k&n-'jes-t&d
Function: adjective
: containing an excessive accumulation of blood : HYPEREMIC <congested mucous membranes>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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.

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

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