adj.
- so crowded as to hinder freedom of movement.
- (of a part of the body) abnormally full of blood.
▸(of the respiratory tract) blocked with mucus.
Derivative
- congest v.
- congestion n.
- congestive adj.
Etymology
ME (as congest in the sense ‘heap up, accumulate’): from L. congest-, congerere ‘heap up’, from con- ‘together’ + gerere ‘bring’.
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