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passive congestion

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Main Entry: passive congestion
Function: noun
: congestion caused by obstruction to the return flow of venous blood called also passive hyperemia
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passive congestion n.
Congestion in a part of the body caused by the obstruction or slowing of drainage of venous blood.

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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