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発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA: /kənˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/, /-ˈd͡ʒɛʃ.d͡ʒən/
• (Northern England) IPA: /kʊnˈd͡ʒɛʃ.d͡ʒən/

名詞

congestion (countable and uncountable, plural congestions)

1. The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.
   1. An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.

      network congestion

   2. (medicine) Blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive.

      arterial congestion

      venous congestion

      congestion of the lungs

2. An excess or accumulation of something.
   1. An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.

      traffic congestion

   2. (medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
   3. Edema, water retention, swelling, enlargement of a body part because of fluid retention in tissues and vessels.

派生語

関連する語

• congest

Further reading

• congestion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “congestion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• neognostic