congestion
NounUS[kuhn-jes-chuhn]/kənˈdʒɛstʃən/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)
- excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body partType of symptomKinds hyperemia, hydrothorax, hemothorax, pulmonary congestion, stuffiness
- excessive crowding“traffic congestion”Synonyms: over-crowdingovercrowdingType of crowding
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Con·ges′tion (?; 106), noun
Origin: L. congestio: cf. F. congestion.
1. The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation. obsolete
The congestion of dead bodies one upon another.— John Evelyn
2. Medicine Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyperæmia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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congestion
<communications> The condition that arises when the amount of data that senders want to send down a communication channel exceeds its capacity. Typically this will result in some packets being delayed, thus increasing the average latency.
(2014-05-04)