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congestive
Variant of congest
transitive verb
- to cause too much blood, mucus, etc. to accumulate in the vessels of (a part of the body)
- to clog with mucus or other bodily fluid: her sinuses were congested
- to fill to excess; overcrowd: a congested highway
intransitive verb
to become congested
Related Forms:
- congestion noun
- congestive adjective
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