Plural of congestion; multiple instances or areas of overcrowding, blockage, or accumulation.
From congestion (the noun form of congest) with the regular plural -s suffix; congestion itself comes from Latin congestio.
Doctors distinguish between types of congestions—nasal, pulmonary, hepatic—showing how this Latin root adapted to medical language to describe any unwanted fluid or material buildup.
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