Search:   Dictionary All Posts
Store Your Knowledge at the Brain Bank!
Login / Register - It's free!

congestive Definition

Cancel
Login to Create a ListRegister for Free!
congestive
verb(con-gest)
to concentrate in a small or narrow space
congestive
verb(con-gest)
to cause an excessive accumulation especially of blood or mucus in (such as an organ or part)
congestive
verb(con-gest)
clog
congestive
noun(con-gest)
heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain an adequate circulation of blood in the bodily tissues or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the veins

Words Related to congestive!

pulmonary, circulatory, pupillary, subarachnoid, inhalational, agonal, bronchial, lumbosacral, suppurative, hypotonic, bullous, gastroesophageal, vasovagal, cyanotic, acute, bulbar, cor pulmonale, alveolar, diaphragmatic, expiratory, aplastic, septicemic, mucoid, tuberculous, peptic, atrioventricular, meningeal, extrapyramidal, hyparterial, fulminant, lobar, hypoglycaemic, tricuspid, congestive heart failure, apneic, anticyclonic, hemolytic, paroxysmal, coronary thrombosis, thoracic, granulomatous, epigastric, eosinophilic, megalocardia, intraventricular, ventilatory, irritative, sensorineural, tumoral, subacute, reticular, vesicular, aneurysmal, heart block, infarct, neurohormonal, mucocutaneous, erythematous, uremic, mesenteric, catarrhal, calcific, akinetic, nonhereditary, inotropic, stellate, edematous, intracerebral, syncopal, saccadic, cyanopathy, punctate, subthalamic, herpetic, eparterial, amoebic, haemorrhagic, antinephritic, diatomic, eccrine, pruritic, intrathoracic, acardiac, hypertonic, cardiac, sarcoid, pulmonic, basilar, necrotic, atrial fibrillation, trigeminal, laminar, parenchymal, glomerular, vasopressor, bloodstroke, osteo, chyloderma, renal failure, cardiac arrhythmia,

congestive Examples by Brain Bank Users