Meaning

1 senses

  1. Characterized by congestion

More definitions
  • relating to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluid

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Tom has congestive heart failure.

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  2. Tom died of congestive heart failure.

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Forms

more congestive, most congestive
Comparativemore congestive Lesson
Superlativemost congestive Lesson

regular

Word family

4 related words
Relatedcongestcongestion
Derivednoncongestivevasocongestive

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
congenitalcongestcongestionconglomerateC2congo
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