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Synonyms for congestion

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh n-jes-chuh n
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈdʒɛs tʃən

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Définition of congestion

Origin :
  • early 15c., "action of gathering together," from Middle French congestion (14c.), from Latin congestionem (nominative congestio), noun of action from past participle stem of congerere (see congest). Medical sense is from 1630s; meaning "a crowding together of people, traffic, etc." is from 1883.
  • noun blockage
Example sentences :
  • The sun seemed much hotter in this congestion than in the open sea.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • People's faces grew red with congestion in the growing heat.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • There was no sitting the next day; for Vincent was in bed, ill, with congestion of the lungs.
  • Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
  • It affects any sort of displacement and any kind of congestion.
  • Extract from : « How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions » by S. S. Curry
  • Do you want to be laid up with bronchitis or congestion of the lungs?
  • Extract from : « Doctor Luttrell's First Patient » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
  • If it were to rise as much, there would be danger of congestion of the brain.
  • Extract from : « The Man With The Broken Ear » by Edmond About
  • The problem of congestion, in particular, is assuming ever graver proportions.
  • Extract from : « The New World of Islam » by Lothrop Stoddard
  • There is no sign of congestion or coming detachment whatever.
  • Extract from : « The Martian » by George Du Maurier
  • It was all banned about fifty years ago, on account of the congestion.
  • Extract from : « Starman's Quest » by Robert Silverberg
  • But the relationship to congestion he has not always seen for himself.
  • Extract from : « Here and Now Story Book » by Lucy Sprague Mitchell

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