Congested; crowded; in Latin, the past participle of congerere meaning 'brought together' or 'heaped up.'
Direct Latin past participle from congerere; preserved in English mainly in scientific nomenclature and historical texts rather than everyday speech.
Congestus lives on in scientific names—like the mosquito species Aedes congestus—where Latin adjectives describe how organisms or features are arranged or structured.
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