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PULMONARY CONGESTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pulmonary congestion mean?
• PULMONARY CONGESTION (noun)
The noun PULMONARY CONGESTION has 1 sense:
1. congestion in the lungs
Familiarity information: PULMONARY CONGESTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Congestion in the lungs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pulmonary congestion" is a kind of...):
congestion (excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part)
Context examples
Clinical manifestations may include dyspnea, orthopnea, and other signs and symptoms of pulmonary congestion and edema.
(Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
Failure of adequate output by the left ventricle despite an increase in distending pressure and in end-diastolic volume, with dyspnea, orthopnea, and other signs and symptoms of pulmonary congestion and edema.
(Left Ventricular Failure, NCI Thesaurus)
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