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Congest   /kəndʒˈɛst/   Listen
Congest

verb
1.
Become or cause to become obstructed.  Synonyms: back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, foul.  "The water pipe is backed up"



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"Congest" Quotes from Famous Books



... hyperaemia of the limb after the method advocated by Bier, and this plan should always be tried in the first instance. An elastic bandage is applied above the seat of fracture, sufficiently tightly to congest the limb beyond, and, to concentrate the congestion in the vicinity of the fracture, an ordinary bandage should be applied from the distal extremity to within a few inches of the break. The hyperaemia should be maintained ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles



Words linked to "Congest" :   lug, congestion, foul, silt up, obstruct, obturate, block, impede, choke off, close up, gum up, choke, jam, choke up, unclog, crap up, stuff, silt, occlude



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