congestive

Adjective

Meaning

Pertaining to, indicating, or attended with, congestion in some part of the body; as, a congestive fever.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

current stroke flexible differential exponential congestion congested bloodshot symptom congest errant overbite engorgement stuffiness uncompensated
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Phrases with the word

congestive hepatopathy congestive liver disease congestive collapse congestive cardiac failure congestive cardiomyopathy

Examples

congestive heart disease Source: Internet

“About a month ago, I met a young man at Powderhorn experiencing heart rhythm disorder, who was clearly in congestive heart failure short of breath while he was talking to me,” he said. Source: Internet

After many years of ill health, Taylor died from congestive heart failure at the age of 79 in 2011. Source: Internet

At the age of 90, Mulliken died of congestive heart failure at his daughter's home in Arlington, Virginia on October 31, 1986. Source: Internet

And when we compare it to these other disease processes that sound very bad—CHF, congestive heart failure, arthritis, things like that, you can modify your life to adapt to that disease. Source: Internet

Longtime Thermopolis resident, Barbara Elmeta (Beaver) Valentine, 87, passed away March 9, 2020, in Casper, Wyo., at Casper Mountain Rehabilitation and Care Center following a long battle with vascular dementia and congestive heart failure. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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