different between congestion vs erythema

English

Etymology

From Middle French [Term?], from Latin congest?? (“heap, accumulation”), from conger? (“to bring together, accumulate, heap up”), formed by the root ger? (“to carry”) and the prefix con-.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?d???st.??n/, /-?d????.d???n/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /k?n?d????.d???n/

Noun

congestion (countable and uncountable, plural congestions)

1. The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.
   1. An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.

   2. (medicine) Blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive

2. An excess or accumulation of something
   1. An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.

   2. (medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
   3. edema, water retention, swelling, enlargement of a body part because of fluid retention in tissues and vessels

Derived terms

Related terms

• congest

Translations

Further reading

• congestion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• congestion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• neognostic

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.??s.tj??/

Noun

congestion f (plural congestions)

1. congestion

Interlingua

Noun

congestion (uncountable)

1. congestion

English

Etymology

From New Latin eryth?ma, from Ancient Greek ??????? (erúth?ma, “a redness or flush on the skin”), from ??????? (eruthrós, “red”)

Noun

erythema (countable and uncountable, plural erythemas or erythemata)

1. Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.
2. Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation

Derived terms

• erythema ab igne
• erythema migrans

Related terms

• erythemogenic
• erythrocyte
• erythrophobia
• erythronium
• ulerythema

Translations

See also

• erythema on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• erythema in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• erythema in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.