Dictionary
con•ges•tion
Pronunciation: (kun-jes'chun), [key]—
n.
1. overcrowding; clogging:
severe traffic congestion.
2. an excessive or abnormal accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part or blood vessel:
pulmonary congestion. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.