[kənˈdʒɛstɪd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a road or place) so crowded with traffic or people as to hinder or prevent freedom of movement
(e.g: the congested streets of the West End)

- (of a part of the body) abnormally full of blood
(e.g: congested arteries)


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Origin:
late Middle English (as congest in the sense ‘heap up, accumulate’): from Latin congerere ‘heap up’, from con- ‘together’ + gerere ‘bring’