| Meaning | excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part. |
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| Narrower | hemothorax, haemothorax | accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) |
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| hydrothorax | accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys |
| hyperemia, hyperaemia | increased blood in an organ or other body part |
| pulmonary congestion | congestion in the lungs |
| stuffiness | state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat |
| Broader | symptom | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease |
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| Spanish | congestión |
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| Catalan | congestió |
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| Adjectives | congestive | relating to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluid |
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